Lucknow: A secret letter from Shaista Parveen, wife of former Samajwadi Party (SP) MP and mafia figure Atiq Ahmed, has come to light, which she wrote to Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on February 27 after the Umesh Pal murder case. Shaista wrote in her letter that the allegation of conspiracy against her and her husband, Atiq Ahmed, brother-in-law, Ashraf, and son, Asad, in the Umesh Pal murder case is baseless.

According to Shaista, "On the basis of CCTV footage, the allegation of my son Ali being the shooter is also baseless." Describing it as a matter of political enmity, Shaista had said in the letter that ever since the BSP declared her as the candidate for the mayor of Prayagraj, a local leader and a cabinet minister in the government had started plotting, and in the same conspiracy, Umesh Pal was killed.

In the letter, Shaista has said that 'Umesh Pal was not a witness in the BSP MLA Rajupal murder case, so Atiq or Ashraf had no motive to get him murdered. There is a serious political conspiracy that can be exposed only through a fair investigation. Because the Prayagraj police are working completely at the behest of the minister. In the letter, Shaista also expressed apprehension that Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf might be killed on the pretext of remand in the case.

Tell that, Shaista is saying that Umesh Pal was not a witness in the Raju Pal murder case. Whereas, in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case, Atiq and his lawyer, Saulat, have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the court. Umesh Pal was abducted so that pressure could be put on him not to testify, but when the government changed and Umesh Pal agreed to testify, he was murdered. In fact, Ateeq himself has confessed before the police that he conspired to kill Umesh Pal while in jail, and Shaista was also involved in it, so this letter from Shaista seems to be an attempt to save herself alone.