Allahabad HC grants parole to Atiq Ahmed's jailed sons for Abaan Ahmed's burial
The Allahabad High Court has granted parole to the jailed sons of the late gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed to attend the funeral of their younger brother, Abaan Ahmed. Abaan died in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh while traveling to visit his brother in prison.
Why it matters
The case involves a high-profile criminal family in India, drawing public attention to the legal proceedings surrounding the Ahmed family's ongoing judicial and personal crises.
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Friday granted parole to slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's jailed sons Ali and Umar to enable them to attend the burial of their younger brother Abaan Ahmed, who was killed in a road accident.The body of Abaan Ahmed (21), who was killed along with his friend Sonu, 25, when their SUV crashed into a road divider in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district on Thursday, was brought to Prayagraj on Friday morning.Family members said he will be buried at the Kasari-Masari graveyard on Saturday morning.A division bench of justices Ajay Bhanot and Divesh Chandra Samant passed the parole order on a petition filed by Atiq Ahmed's sister Parveen Qureshi, seeking permission for Umar and Ali to attend their younger brother's last rites.The high court was informed that the burial would take place on Saturday morning, following which the bench granted the two brothers parole to attend the…
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