Abdul Samad alias Saddam is brother-in-law of Atiq’s younger brother Ashraf Ahmed and handled his money transactions; arranged Ashraf’s meetings with other accused involved in the Umesh Pal murder inside the jail
Jafar had allegedly provided shelter to Shaista and wanted aide Sabir at his residence in Khuldabad area a day after the murder of Atiq on April 15 after which they left for an undisclosed location
The case pertains to the arrest of two aides of Atiq's son, Asad who wee held from Sangam Vihar for supplying 10 weapons to Asad and Guddu Muslim before the killing of Umesh Pal in Prayagraj
Atiq Ahmed’s office is located at the Chakia crossing in Prayagraj that was partially demolished in 2020 where people found blood stains; the FSL report confirmed that blood was indeed human blood
The three-member SIT will be headed by Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Police Satish Chandra, who will be assisted by ACP (Kotwali police station) Satyendra Prasad Tiwari and Inspector (Investigation Cell of Crime Branch) Om Prakash