Murders, extortion and additional: A look into Atiq Ahmed’s authorized life, whereas ‘journalists’ highlight him as a Muslim ‘lawmaker’

Several notorious gangsters, along with Mukhtar Ansari, Raja Bhaiya, and Amarmani Tripathi, had been harboured in Uttar Pradesh and celebrated by the media and some politicians who referred to them as ‘Baahubali’ leaders. Atiq Ahmed, a authorized turned politician with shut relations to the late Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, was one such notable determine.

Many of these leaders with authorized backgrounds had an necessary place in bringing Mulayam Singh and Mayawati (Bahujan Samaj Party chief) to the chief ministerial positions throughout the state. As quid skilled quo, these criminals weren’t solely inducted into their respective political occasions, and equipped election tickets and obligatory positions nevertheless all efforts had been made to thwart any measure which was undertaken to ship them to justice.

They would flip to crime, rise to positions of administration, and finally be a part of the federal authorities. The strand was broken for the first time after Yogi Adityanath turned the CM in 2017. The authorities’s patronisation of mafia elements was delivered to a halt.

The rule of Atiq Ahmed’s terror

Atiq Ahmed wished to make a comeback throughout the 2017 UP assembly elections nevertheless the general public was higher than fed up with the continuous patronage of criminals by SP-BSP and had one different consider ideas. As a consequence, every political occasions had been humiliated throughout the polls and Yogi Adityanath took over as a result of the chief minister for a second consecutive time interval.

In 2017, the Samajwadi Party had initially declared Atiq as their candidate, nevertheless after widespread criticism, they wanted to drop his determine Atiq instructed that though Akhilesh Yadav likes him, he is opting out of contesting elections because of he does not want Akhilesh to face media criticism on account of him.

Atiq Ahmed had a fierce look that went properly alongside together with his authorized persona. Any jail he visited didn’t must protect him. He used to deal with his illicit organisation whereas incarcerated. His henchmen had been able to set off mayhem wherever and at any time, under his command. His messages reached his operators whether or not or not he was exterior or contained within the jail. The policeman monitoring him reported the priority of Atiq was so rampant that people steer clear of eye contact with him.

He seen himself as a result of the Muslim group’s chief. He was transferred to Bareilly Jail because of managing him throughout the one in Deoria was turning into troublesome. As rapidly as he arrived there, further security was prepare, and the number of cops was moreover raised. All points, nonetheless, turned out to be ineffective.

The incident in Deoria Jail

Mohit Jaiswal, a proprietor from Bareilly, had filed a report on the Krishna Nagar police station in 2018. He addressed the injustice that was meted out to him. He reported that Atiq Ahmed’s goons had hanged and assaulted him in entrance of the latter and his son Umar Ahmed. Shockingly, your complete incident occurred inside Deoria Jail. The businessman’s 5 enterprises, worth Rs 45 crore had been forcibly transferred into the gangster’s determine.

Mohit Jaiswal’s Fortuner was broken into and stolen. Atiq Ahmed had already extorted a whole bunch of rupees from him, two years prior to now. Now, he had been demanding extra cash for the earlier 4 months. He had moreover broken two fingers on the individual’s correct hand in jail.

Along with Mohit Jaiswal, one different businessman had accused him of harassment. Mohammad Zayed Khalid, from Prayagraj, submitted a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the police administration, charging that Atiq Ahmed’s males had taken him forcibly to Deoria Jail. He was assaulted there and requested to modify a couple of of his land in Vishnupur to the gangster’s determine. Neither any jail personnel nor cops appeared to assist Zayed on account of Atiq Ahmed’s deep relationship with some political sections.

Atiq Ahmed’s political career

In 1989, Atiq Ahmed acquired the election from Allahabad West and made his debut look throughout the state assembly with higher than 25,000 (33%) votes. He ran for office as soon as extra in 1991 from Allahabad West and acquired merely with 51% of the votes. More than 36,000 people voted for him on this election. With 56,000 votes stable throughout the assembly elections of 1993, he acquired a 49% vote share.

Not solely did he garner further votes in 1996, nevertheless the proportion of votes elevated as properly. He earned about 73,000 votes which was 53% of the general vote. Even though he acquired far fewer votes in 2002 than in his first election, every the number of votes and the proportion of the vote stayed roughly the similar and he managed to win as soon as extra. This is how he took price of Allahabad West, 5 events.

He contested the first three elections as an unbiased. He turned close to Mulayam Singh Yadav and acquired his 1996 election on SP ticket. Similarly, in 2002, he turned a confidant of Apna Dal founder Sone Lal Patel and acquired the election on his celebration ticket. Atiq Ahmed was moreover the president of Apna Dal (Sonelal) from 1999 and 2003.

Raju Pal murder case

After Atiq Ahmed was elected as a member of Parliament from Phulpur on SP ticket in 2004, Raju Pal of the BSP defeated Atiq Ahmed’s brother Ashraf Ahmed alias Khalid Azim throughout the Allahabad West by-election. On January 25, 2005, Raju Pal and his companions had been attacked by armed assailants throughout the neighborhood of the Dhoomanganj police station in Prayagraj.

In addition to Ruksana, Saif alias Saifulla, and Om Prakash Pal struggling accidents, the tragedy claimed the lives of Raju Pal and his two associates Devilal Pal and Sandeep Yadav. An FIR was filed on the Dhoomanganj police station regarding the murder and totally different bills in direction of Atiq Ahmed, his brother Ashraf, and seven unnamed people on the premise of the criticism submitted by Raju Pal’s partner Pooja. 

Later, when Atiq Ahmed was ousted from the SP, the BSP refused to produce him a ticket on account of his involvement throughout the murder of the celebration’s MLA. Ashraf Ahmed contested as soon as extra throughout the by-election that was held due to the murder of Raju Pal.

Atiq Ahmed’s authorized background

The gangster was happy with the charges in direction of him. As an SP candidate for Shrawasti constituency throughout the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, which he misplaced to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Daddan Mishra, he boasted that he has 188 wonderful cases in direction of him and has spent half of his life behind bars. He declared that he would go to any extremes for his supporters, whatever the implications. He had no concern of the laws in the middle of the SP and BSP governments throughout the state.

Atiq Ahmed was the first one who was booked under the ‘Gangster Act’ in Uttar Pradesh. His authorized historic previous ran very deep. He was accused of murder on the youthful age of 17. After that, he turned so well-known throughout the underworld that his status even overshadowed that of the dons of Mumbai. 102 cases had been lodged in direction of him, along with these of threats, murder makes an try, and kidnapping. The gangster act was moreover invoked 3 occasions.

Guest House case: Atiq was one in every of many goons who had attacked Mayawati

He was involved in attacking Mayawati throughout the 1995 ‘guest house case’. In this context, Atiq Ahmed has been talked about on plenty of occasions by former UP chief minister Mayawati, who affirmed that he plotted her murder. In June 1995, when BSP had launched taking once more its help from the Mulayam authorities, she was attacked by SP goons contained within the Meerabai guesthouse in Lucknow. 

He brutally attacked the employees members of the Agricultural University (SHUATS) in 2016 which led to excessive criticism of the then Akhilesh Yadav’s SP authorities.

Even the courtroom docket declined to take heed to his case because of extreme concern. One after one different, ten judges refused to take up his case. Eventually, the eleventh one mustered the braveness, and Atiq Ahmed was granted bail. Finally, The Supreme Court took a strong stance and a bench presided over by the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi ordered a CBI investigation together with ordering his change to Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat.

The Supreme Court directed the state authorities to submit evaluations in 80 totally different cases, apart from the 26 cases pending in direction of him. It was moreover disclosed throughout the courtroom docket that 102 cases have been registered in direction of him up to now. Many cases are lodged in direction of his brothers and if the persevering with approved proceedings in direction of his family, associates, and kinfolk are considered, the exact number of authorized cases may exceed the gangster’s declare. Substantial involvement of jail officers has moreover come to gentle and departmental movement is being taken in direction of them.

Umesh Pal murder case

The most important witness throughout the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case, Umesh Pal, was fatally shot on February 24 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, close to his dwelling. The assault took the lives of two policemen assigned to guard the lawyer. The complete incident was recorded on CCTV digital digicam. Umesh Pal had moreover disclosed that he had been kidnapped on February 28, 2006, under concern of strain, since he refused to once more down and bear Atiq Ahmed’s pressure.

It was moreover reported that some time prior to now when one different hardcore authorized, Guddu Muslim alias Guddu Bambaz’s scenario was grave and he had fallen sick, Atiq Ahmed had given him Rs 8 lakh. He used explosives to assault Umesh Pal to have the ability to pay once more the gangster.

Atiq Ahmed, his son Asad Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed (an ex-MLA) had been among the many many prime accused throughout the case. Atiq Ahmed’s absconding partner Shaista Parveen who carries a reward of Rs 50,000 will be named as an accused. Their sons Umar and Ali are in jail and two minor sons are throughout the Children Protection Home under the shut watch of the police.

Events following Umesh Pal’s murder

Six of the eight accused related to the Umesh Pal murder case have died since February. The preliminary encounter handed off on February 27 in Prayagraj when sharpshooter Arbaz, who drove the SUV of the assailants of Umesh Pal, was killed by Umesh Pal’s attackers. Following that, Vijay Chaudhary alias Usman was encountered on March 6, moreover in Prayagraj.

Asad Ahmed, son of Atiq Ahmed, and Mohammad Ghulam, every with a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on their heads had been shot ineffective by police in an commerce of hearth near the Pariksha Dam in Jhansi, on April 13. The accused had one British Bulldog Revolver .455 bore and Walther P88 7.63 bore pistol of their possession.

Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed had been shot ineffective on April 15 whereas being taken to a hospital. The murder was devoted in entrance of cameras and full media glare, and the three shooters surrendered sooner than the cops present on the scene.

Police for the time being are searching for the remaining accused along with Guddu Muslim who’ve managed to flee up to now. Furthermore, plenty of properties owned by Atiq Ahmed and his associates, along with the place Shaista Parveen was dwelling, had been moreover bulldozed by the UP administration.

Links with Pakistan

Atiq Ahmed had ties to Pakistani terrorist organisations, in line with the Uttar Pradesh Police’s price sheet in direction of him. He reportedly admitted to having frequent contact with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company and as well as acquired arms dropped through Pakistani drones in Punjab.

He and his brother Ashraf Ahmed educated the police that they knew the take care of of the individuals who supplied the weaponry to them and would have the flexibility to able to decide them as quickly as they reached the scenario. They added that Pakistan-based organisations supplied the firearms used throughout the grisly killing of Umesh Pal.

Asad Ahmed, son of Atiq Ahmed, and Mohammad Ghulam, bought shelter and financial help by a henchman of gangster Abu Salem who was Dawood’s aide and was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2015.

Attempts to whitewash Atiq Ahmed’s black profile

Many so-called ‘secular’ journalists and Leftists are solely highlighting the political career of the gangster by referring to him as a ‘former MP’ and projecting him as an on a regular basis politician, whereas conveniently ignoring the authorized half which dominated most of his life. They are consciously attempting to erase his existence as a result of the dreaded mafia, with over 100 bills in direction of him, along with basically essentially the most extreme ones involving murder and extortion and his reference to Pakistan and its terrorist outfits.

“Ex MusIim MP” !
Even Atiq Ahmed could possibly be smiling in peace. pic.twitter.com/EIj75a4wsK

— The Hawk Eye (@thehawkeyex) April 16, 2023

They try to divert the blame for his demise onto supposed ‘Hindu terrorists’ because of the three shooters allegedly shouted ‘Jai Shree Ram,’ ignoring the reality that there is not a proof to once more up their outlandish claims. More importantly, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab tied a ‘kalawa’ spherical his wrist to have the ability to physique innocent Hindus throughout the 2008 Mumbai assaults.

Hence, merely shouting the slogan doesn’t amount to any proof. The threat that Atiq Ahmed and his brother had been killed due to a gang battle simply is not dominated out however. As bizarre because it may seem, some even went so far as to say, that he was murdered to have the ability to draw consideration away from Satyapal Malik’s present interview with Karan Thapar.

The aftermath of Atiq Ahmed’s demise

Section 144 is now in affect all through your complete Uttar Pradesh which implies that gatherings greater than 4 people often usually are not allowed, and additional cops have been deployed to handle laws and order. Furthermore, all cops throughout the state have had their leaves revoked and for the time being are required to report again to work immediately. In addition, 17 cops are suspended as CM Yogi has ordered a probe by a high-level committee into the case.

Notably, people with authorized backgrounds refrain from committing crimes to have the ability to present a transparent image in public after coming into politics. Numerous politicians who had many lawsuits filed in direction of them ultimately turned away from crime and commenced their careers as leaders and businessmen. Atiq Ahmed then once more, is an exception. Despite having a worthwhile political career, he saved one foot throughout the underworld.

Atiq Ahmed persistently contested elections and acquired six events, nevertheless this solely labored to feed his malicious intentions to develop his authorized enterprise. As his speeches and actions current, the gangster was visibly happy with being a authorized who wielded political power.