HC to hear pleas on security of Atiq’s two jailed sons on July 12

Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court has fixed July 12 for hearing two separate writ petitions filed by slain gangster Atiq Ahmed’s two jailed sons Mohammad Umar and Ali Ahmad, seeking security in the jails where they are lodged, as according to them there is apprehension of threat to their lives.
In their petitions both Umar and Ali have requested the court to direct that hearing of their respective cases be made through video conferencing for security reasons. Besides, an interrogation, if required, be done in the jail premises, where they are currently lodged.
Atiq’s eldest son Umar is at present lodged in Lucknow jail and his second son Ali is lodged in Naini Central Jail at Prayagraj. In their writ petitions, both Umar and Ali have sought security, especially when the warrants issued from the court are served to them so as to appear before the court concerned.