'Yogi Adityanath gave me justice': SP MLA Pooja Pal thanks UP CM; Atiq Ahmed, who killed her husband, eliminated under zero-tolerance policy
Uttar Pradesh
chief minister
Yogi Adityanath
for his zero-tolerance policy against crime, which she said has significantly improved law and order in the state.
Pooja Pal stated that the UP CM delivered justice through policies like zero tolerance, which ultimately led to the elimination of criminals such as Atiq Ahmed.
Pooja Pal said, "Everyone knows who murdered my husband (Raju Pal). I want to thank the Chief Minister for bringing me justice and hearing me when nobody else did. The CM gave justice to many other women like me in Prayagraj by bringing in policies like zero tolerance that led to the killing of criminals like Atiq Ahmed.
Today, the entire state looks at the CM with trust," she said.
Praising CM Yogi, she said, "Mere pati ke hatyare Atiq Ahmed ko Mukhya Mantri ne mitti mein milaane ka kaam kiya' (The Chief Minister has buried my husband's murderer Atiq Ahmed."
She further added," I raised my voice when I saw that no one wanted to fight against criminals like Atiq Ahmed. When I started getting exhausted with this fight, CM Yogi Adityanath gave me justice."
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BSP MLA Raju Pal was shot dead in Prayagraj in 2005, just days after his wedding to Pooja Pal.
In February 2023, Umesh Pal, a key witness in the murder case, was also shot dead in Prayagraj's Sulem Saray area, where several rounds were fired and bombs were hurled at him and his security personnel.
The prime accused, Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf Ahmad, were arrested by the police.
However, on the night of April 15, 2023, they were shot dead by men posing as press personnel while being taken for a medical examination in Prayagraj.
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