Advocates from across the state have resumed working in the court from Friday. After talking to the chief secretary of the state, the UP Bar Council has announced this late on Thursday night. Lawyers in all the courts, including Allahabad High Court, started their work as before. For this, UP Bar Council president Shiv Kishore Gaur sent a letter to all the Bar Association presidents and secretary of the state, directing them to end the strike from September 15 and go back to judicial work. Following the lathicharge on lawyers in Hapur, advocates across the state went on a strike from August 29, boycotting judicial work. On Thursday lawyers from across the state had also burnt the symbolic effigy of the chief minister. The lawyers had announced to fight an all-out battle. They were making a strategy to surround the assembly. President Shiv Kishore Gaur said the chief secretary has given assurance that the cases registered against the advocates during the movement are being withdrawn. In this, injured lawyers will be given compensation by the government. A committee has been formed to implement the Advocates Protection Act in the state. It has also been assured by the chief secretary that all the top officers or police officers who are guilty in this act have been transferred. After the talks with the chief secretary in Lucknow, the lawyers returned to their work from Friday.
SUSPENDED: The two TTEs who were arrested by the Vigilance team with liquor and money in Prayagraj Express, were suspended on Thursday evening. This action has been taken by DRM Prayagraj division. The suspended TTEs are RK Yadav and Ramlakhan. They were arrested by the Railway vigilance team on Wednesday. The vigilance released both the TTEs after interrogation but the interrogation report has been kept confidential for now. But before this, both of them have been suspended.The duty of both of them was in Prayagraj Express.
The next action will be taken after the vigilance report comes. CPRO of NCR, Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay said action has been taken by DRM to suspend both of them. He said only after the report comes it will be decided what to do next. The vigilance team was keeping an eye on train number 12418 Down Prayagraj Express running from New Delhi to Prayagraj. Even on Tuesday night the Vigilance team was moving around the 2 TTEs who were on duty there. Till they came to Prayagraj, every activity of TTEs was being monitored. Information about liquor and money was obtained on the way.
ED INVESTIGATION: Builder and property dealer of Lucknow Mohit Jaiswal, who had been thrashed by Atiq and his gang men in Deoria Jail, had been deprived of `75 lakh in one day. His firm had transferred `50 lakh to Atiq and `25 lakh to his wife, Shaista Parveen. The gangster had utilised the same amount for buying properties in Jhusi, Phulpur, and in city areas. All the above properties have been attached by the Enforcement Directorate. During ED investigations it had come to fore that the firm of Mohit had been grabbed by Atiq’s henchmen Farooq Ahmad and Zaki Ahmad. They had also taken money from another Lucknow- based builder Mohammad. After kidnapping Mohit Jaiswal, they took him to Deoria Jail where he was beaten up black and blue and was compelled to sign papers at gun point. The signed paper was his resignation from the post of director of his firm, which was grabbed by Farooq and Zaki to transfer money to Atiq and Shaista. When ED went deep into the issue while investigating money laundering case, they came across the above developments and transfer of `75 lakh from the firm to Atiq and Shasta after Farooq and Zaki took over the firm of Mohit Jaiswal by force.