It was a murder unlikely to have given any tangible gain to Atiq and gang. Both he and his brother Ashraf were already in jail. Police sources claim that the daylight gruesome murder of Umesh Pal was a desperate bid of Atiq and his gang to re-establish their fear among the people of Prayagraj. But the daredevil move backfired big time, they claimed. UP Police is now hot on the trail of his gang men while his family members are on the run, if not in jail or dead. Even his brother-in-law – a doctor – was arrested for helping one of the accused in the Umesh Pal murder case.