In connection with the murder of Umesh Pal, gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed was escorted by more than 30 police officers from Gujarat to Uttar Pradesh.

On February 24, 2019, Umesh Pal and two police officers were killed in a shootout in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. 00:32No criminal will be spared in UP: deputy CM on gangster Atiq Ahmed. 37 cops reach Sabarmati Jail. The Uttar Pradesh Police had also brought Ahmad to Prayagraj in UP on March 26 to bring him before a court. The Sabarmati Jail superintendent of police, Tejas Patel, claimed the police had arrived with a court order and were given custody of Ahmed. Atiq Ahmad is likely to be taken to Prayagraj for interrogation in the Umesh Pal murder case, he said. The court there had sentenced him to life imprisonment in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case on March 28. The 60-year-old former Uttar Pradesh MLA and Lok Sabha member was brought back to the high-security jail in Gujarat in a UP police van on March 29. Last month, Ahmad moved the Supreme Court for protection, saying he and his family have been falsely implicated as accused in the Umesh Pal murder case in Prayagraj and he may be killed in a fake encounter by the UP Police. In his plea, Ahmad said the UP Police were likely seeking his transit remand and police remand to take him from Ahmedabad to Prayagraj and he â€could be killed in a fake encounter.