Raju Pal

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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'''PAL'''([[Gadaria]]/Gaderiya) was an [[India]]n politician from the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]. In 2005, while he represented the [[Allahabad]] West constituency in the [[Uttar Pradesh]] state legislature, he was gunned down in broad daylight.

In 2002, Raju[Sher-E-Allahabad]lost election to mafia don [[Atique Ahmad]]. However, in 2004, Ahmad resigned after being elected to the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref name=hindu>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/16/stories/2007051601961500.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116151152/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/16/stories/2007051601961500.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2007-11-16 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Let CBI probe Raju Pal murder: new government | date=2007-05-16}}</ref> Raju Pal won the subsequent by-election in November 2004, defeating Atique's younger brother Mohammad Ashraf.

However, in January 2005, Raju Pal was shot dead while going to his village for the [[Republic day]] parade. Thereafter, Ashraf won the seat by defeating Pal's wife Puja Pal.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls : Gangsters join race for UP Assembly
| publisher = Sify.com
| url = http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14413910
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224752/http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14413910
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2007-09-27
| date = April 2007
| accessdate = 2007-05-12
}}</ref> Ashraf is the prime accused in the murder. Mohammad Ashraf's brother
Atique has also been charged with complicity in the murder.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = All with `shades' least are `white'
| author = Arun Chaubey
| publisher = Zee News
| url = http://www.zeenews.com/uppoll/fullstory.asp?sid=upe&aid=365058
| date = May 2007
| accessdate = 2007-05-13
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070514040154/http://www.zeenews.com/uppoll/fullstory.asp?sid=upe&aid=365058  |archivedate = 2007-05-14}}</ref> While Atique is currently in jail with 21 criminal cases pending against him, the [[Mayawati]] government has come in for criticism for its failure to arrest Ashraf.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/raju-pal-murder-stf-to-help-arrest-ashraf/490114 | title=Raju Pal murder: STF to help arrest Ashraf | date=16 July 2009 | newspaper=The Indian Express | first=Vijay Pratap | last=Singh | accessdate=11 March 2019 }}</ref>

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[[Category:Indian politicians convicted of crimes]]
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians]]
[[Category:Assassinated Indian politicians]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
[[Category:People from Allahabad district]]
[[Category:People murdered in Uttar Pradesh]]

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