The recent killing of Umesh Pal, the key witness in the 2005 murder of the then newly-elected Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Raju Pal, has brought into focus the sorry state of the witness protection system in India.
The Allahabad High Court cancelled the bail granted by the Sessions court on November 24, 2005 to Farhan, co-accused, along with gangster Ayeeq Ahmed, in the murder case of MLA Raju Pal and two security guards.