Here the reason why U.P Goverment Killed Atik Ahmad.

 Atique Ahmed (10 August 1962 - 15 April 2023) was an Indian criminal, politician and a former member of Indian Parliament and Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Samajwadi Party. He was elected as a member of the legislative assembly from the Allahabad west seat for 5 consecutive terms which is a record. From 2004–2009, he was elected as a Samajwadi Party candidate for the 14th Lok Sabha from Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh. Between the years 1999-2003, he was the president of the Apna Dal, founded by Sone Lal Patel. He had more than 100 criminal cases registered against him and was in jail since 2019.

Ahmed fought several elections from jail while being lodged under various charges.On 15 December 2016, he was arrested once again for assaulting staff of the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences.

Early and personal life

Atique was married to Shaista Praveen.The couple had five sons- Ali , Umar Ahmad, Asad, Ahzaan and Abaan. Atique's brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf was an ex-MLA.

Atique Ahmad's son, Asad, who was wanted in Umesh Pal murder case was killed in an encounter during action in Jhansi by the Uttar Pradesh Police's Special Task Force (STF).

2009 General Elections

In the 2009 General Elections, Atique Ahmad was allowed to run for election (since he was yet to be convicted in any case). However, the Samajwadi Party expelled him in the year 2008, and Mayawati refused him a ticket under BSP,.Later, he contested in elections as a candidate from Apna Dal party from Pratapgarh only to lose the election.

Elections in 2012 and 2014

In Uttar Pradesh Elections 2012, Ahmed contested under the Apna Dal banner from the Allahabad (West) constituency. He filed his nomination from jail. He appealed for bail in Allahabad High Court but 10 judges refused to hear the case. The 11th judge finally took up the matter and he was released on bail before the Elections. However, the seat went to Raju Pal's widow, Puja Pal.

In 2014, he was taken back into the Samajwadi Party and fought the National Elections from the Shrawasti (Lok Sabha constituency). He managed to secure a quarter of the votes but lost by nearly a lakh votes to Daddan Mishra of the BJP.

Criminal cases

SHUATS assault case

On December 14, 2016, Atique and his henchmen allegedly assaulted the staff members of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences for taking action against two students who were debarred from taking examinations after they were caught cheating. The video of Atiq Ahmad beating the SHUATS teacher and employees was widely circulated on the internet. On February 10, 2017, the Allahabad High Court summoned the criminal history of Atiq and also directed the Superintendent of police of Allahabad to arrest all the accused in the case. The police arrested Atiq on February 11 after which he was remanded to 14-day judicial custody.

Kidnapping and torturing a businessman in Deoria jail

Atique Ahmed was shifted to Bareilly jail after being accused of kidnapping and assaulting a businessman Mohit Jaiswal in Deoria Jail. Mohit told the media that Atiq Ahmed's gang was asking him to pay extortion money. He was taken to the Deoria jail later for not paying the extortion money. Mohit was beaten up by the jail police guards and other goons. After the news was spread, Uttar Pradesh government shifted Atique to Bareilly Jail and suspended accused jail guards immediately. A call recording was also released in which Atique was threatening Mohit to pay extortion money or else he will be attacked.

Two other businessmen also accused Ahmed of kidnapping and assaulting them in Deoria Jail.

Ahmed was shifted from the Prayagraj Central Jail to the Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad in June 2019.

Umesh Pal abduction and murder case

On 24th February 2023 Umesh Pal, a prime witness in the 2005 murder of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Raju Pal was killed. Ahmed is the main accused in Raju Pal and Umesh Pal murder case.


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