Recently, Atiq Ahmed's son Asad was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police in Jhansi on April 13.
Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed have been shot dead while being taken for medical in Prayagraj on Saturday. Both were killed when three unidentified assailants opened fire at them while they were talking to reporters.
The duo had been brought in Prayagraj for a court hearing in connection with the 2005 Umesh Pal murder case. Recently, Ahmad's son Asad and an accomplice were killed in a police encounter in Jhansi on April 13.
Who was Atiq Ahmed? The 62-year-old Atiq Ahmed was a former MP and Uttar Pradesh MLA from the Samajwadi Party (SP). He was elected as an MLA from the Allahabad West constituency for a record five consecutive terms.
Last month, a Prayagraj court held Atiq Ahmed and two others guilty in connection with the 2007 kidnapping case of Umesh Pal, an eye-witness in BSP MLA Raju Pal’s murder in which Ahmed is was a prime accused. Pal was shot dead in Prayagraj on February 24 this year. After Pal's murder, an FIR was registered against Ahmed and his wife Sahista Parveen, their two sons, his younger brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf and others.
Ahmed started his political journey in 1989 when he won the MLA seat from Allahabad West as an independent candidate. Between 1999-2003, he was the president of the Apna Dal, founded by Sone Lal Patel. After retaining his seat in the next two legislative Assembly elections independently, Ahmed joined the SP and won his fourth consecutive term in 1996. He won his seat again in 2002 from Apna Dal three years later.
From 2004-2009, Atiq was elected as a Samajwadi Party MP for the 14th Lok Sabha from Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh. Atiq was named along with Ashraf and seven unidentified people by Raju Pal’s wife in her FIR following Pal’s murder on January 25, 2005.
READ | Breaking: Atiq Ahmed, brother Ashraf Ahmed shot dead in Prayagraj
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