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Prayagraj. The license of lawyer Khan Saulat Hanif, who is serving life imprisonment with hard labour in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case, has finally been cancelled. The Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh has cancelled the registration of advocate Khan Saulat, who was convicted in the case by the district court, for life.
A two-member committee was formed by the Bar Council, in which this decision has been taken. Khan Saulat Hanif was the confidant lawyer of the slain mafia Atiq Ahmed.
Umesh Pal was first kidnapped and tortured for pleading Raju Pal's case and then killed with bombs and bullets last year. After the murder, Umesh Pal's wife Jaya Pal wrote a letter to the President and Secretary of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh demanding cancellation of Khan Saulat's advocate registration.
In a letter sent to the Bar Council, Jaya Pal said that Khan Saulat has been an active member of mafia Atiq's gang IS-227. He has been working for the Atiq gang for many years by getting involved in heinous crimes under the guise of legal practice.
In the kidnapping case, the district court had given its verdict on March 28, 2023, in which along with Atiq, Khan Saulat, Dinesh Pasi were also sentenced to life imprisonment and fine.
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