Atique Ahamad
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| Atique Ahmad image = Atique Suleman.jpg | |
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| Constituency | Phulpur |
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| Born | 10 August 1962 Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| Political party | SP |
| Spouse | Shaista Parveen |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Residence | Allahabad |
| As of September 17, 2006 Source: [1] |
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Atique Ahmed or Ateeq Ahmed (born 10 August 1962) is an Indian politician belonging to the Samajwadi Party. He has been charged in 21 criminal cases including several cases of murder[1] and is viewed as one of the most powerful ganglords in the Allahabad region.
He is the member of parliament from the Phulpur (Lok Sabha Constituency) in Uttar Pradesh[2].
Atique Ahmad has been named in the murder of BSP Legislator Raju Pal, the Bahujan Samaj Party legislator who had won from Allahabad (West) constituency, defeating Atique's brother Mohammad Ashraf. After his killing, Ashraf again re-gained the legislative seat. Investigators have pointed to Mohammad Ashraf as the main accused in the murder of Raju Pal, with assistance from his elder brother and Mafia don Atiq Ahmed[3]. In the U.P. Assembly elections, 2007, Raju Pal's widow Pooja Pal won from the Allahabad (West) seat.
According to his nomination papers for the 2004 election[4], criminal cases pending against Atique Ahmed include the murder of an undertrial named Akhtar in the Allahabad High Court premises in 1995, and conspiracy to murder Javed Iqbal alias Pappoo in Allahabad in 2001, in which one of Javed's bodyguards were killed.
[edit] References
- ^ Arun Chaubey. "All with ‘shades’ least are ‘white’", Zee News, May 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-13.
- ^ Official biographical sketch, Parliament of India website
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls : Gangsters join race for UP Assembly", Sify.com, April 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
- ^ Affidavit (in Hindi) filed by Atique Ahmed in 2004 General Elections
