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A man whom first case was registered when he was just 17 years old.
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‘Hum Toh Mitti Mein Mil Gaye’ — so said Atiq Ahmed after the death of his son Asad Ahmed in a police encounter another day he himself and his brother were also shot dead by Unknown gunmen.
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In 1979, Atiq Ahmed was just a 17 year old boy when the 1st case was registered against him and he was accused Murder at that time. At present, he has over 70 criminal cases and 35 Civil cases lodged against him.
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When he was young he was famous by the name of 'तांगे वाले का लडका' because his father Haji Firoz used to run a 'Tonga'.

His political journey started in the year 1989 when he won the MLA seat from Allahabad West as an independent candidate. Between the years 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 Samajwadi Party 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 #SamajwadiParty MP for the 14th #loksabha from Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh. Atiq was named along with Ashraf and seven unidentified people by Raju Pal’s wife in her FIR following Raju Pal’s murder on January 25, 2005.

The murder of Raju Pal started when Raju defeated Ahmed’s brother, Ashraf, in an Assembly by-poll held in 2005 for the Allahabad West seat. “It was a big loss for the Ahmed family as the seat had fallen vacant after Atiq won the LS seat from Allahabad in the 2004 general election

Raju was shot dead on his way from a hospital near his house. He was returning along with his associates Sandeep Yadav and Devi Lal. Charges of rioting, attempt to murder, murder, and criminal conspiracy were pressed in the FIR.

Atiq Ahmed surrendered in 2008 only to be released in 2012. In 2008 he was expelled from the Samajwadi Party, and Mayawati refused him a ticket under BSP. Ahmed was allowed to contest during the 2009 General Elections.

In 2014, Atiq was given a ticket from SP to contest the Lok Sabha elections from the Shrawasti constituency. Though Atiq secured a quarter of the votes, he lost by nearly a lakh votes to #BJP Daddan Mishra.

His bad luck started from here when Akhilesh Yadav started distancing himself because of his Atiq's Criminal record.

On December 14, 2016, Atique along with his henchmen assaulted the staff members of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences. Reportedly, the staff had debarred two students from appearing in the examinations after they were caught cheating.

On Feb 10, 2017, the Allahabad HC summoned the criminal history of Atiq and also directed the Superintendent of police of Allahabad to arrest all the accused in the case. Atiq was arrested by the police on February 11 after which he was remanded to 14-day judicial custody.

Despite being imprisoned, Ahmed contested against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat in 2019 and could only get 855 votes.

On Feb 24 this year, Umesh Pal, the prime witness in the Raju Pal murder, was attacked and killed along with his police guard who were shot dead in UP’s Prayagraj.

The police registered an FIR against Atiq Ahmed, his wife Sahista Parveen, their two sons, his younger brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf, and others on February 25.

He was transferred from the Sabarmati jail on Tuesday to appear before the court in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. During his interaction with the media on his journey, he was quoted saying that he feared for his life and had doubts about Uttar Pradesh Police's intentions.

On April 13, his Son who was just 19 years old and passed 12th this year, main suspect of murder of Umesh Pal was killed in an encounter with UP police in Jhansi.

A day after his son encountered, on April 15 he himself with his brother Ashraf was killed by three unknown gunmen in Prayagraj when he was going for a medical check-up.

This is the story of Gangster-turned-Politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf Ahmed, hope you got to know something interesting.

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