Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday met the family of Umesh Pal, a key witness in the BSP MLA leader's murder, who was killed in February this year.

Umesh Pal and his two armed security escorts were shot dead in Prayagraj's Sulem Saray area on February 24. Several rounds were fired and bombs were hurled at Umesh and his gunners.