Who is Atiq Ahmed? Age, Bio, Cause of Death, Wife, Family
Atiq Ahmed was a former Indian politician born on August 10, 1962, in Prayagraj, India.
He was a former member of the Indian Parliament and the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Samajwadi Party.
Atiq Ahmed was convicted of kidnapping and also had more than 100 criminal cases registered against him and had been in jail since 2019.
Dozens of cases, including kidnapping, murder, and extortion, were registered against Atiq Ahmed over the past two decades
Atiq Ahmed was first accused in a murder case in 1979. He had a long stint both in politics and with the criminal world.
He won his first election as an independent candidate and became a state lawmaker in 1989.
Ahmed went on to win the seat for two consecutive terms and his fourth win came as a lawmaker from the regional Samajwadi Party (SP).
In 2004, he won a seat in the federal election as an SP candidate and became an MP. Ahmed contested a few more elections in the next decade but lost all of them.
Recently, he was being questioned in the February (2023) murder of Umesh Pal, a key witness in the 2005 murder of Raju Pal, a lawmaker belonging to the regional Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
On March 28, 2023, the court sentenced Atiq Ahmed and two others to life imprisonment in the kidnapping case.
Well, the gangster-turned-politician has been shot dead. Atiq Ahmed, who was under police escort, was talking to reporters when a gun was pulled close to his head and shot him.
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: Moment when Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead while interacting with media.
(Warning: Disturbing Visuals) pic.twitter.com/xCmf0kOfcQ
— ANI (@ANI) April 15, 2023
Reports say Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were being escorted for a medical check-up in handcuffs at the time of the attack.
After the shots were fired on Saturday, April 15, three men who had been posing as journalists quickly surrendered and were taken into custody.
The three suspected assailants had arrived at the site on motorcycles, the police said. They got close to the brothers (Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed) on the pretext of filming them and then shot them in the head at close range.
In the footage, shared widely on social media and TV channels, Ahmed is asked whether he attended his son’s funeral.
His last words to the camera are: “They did not take us, so we did not go.” On Thursday, Atiq Ahmad’s teenage son and another man, who had both been blamed for a recent murder, were killed by police in what was described as a shootout.
Atiq Ahmed Cause Of Death
Atiq Ahmed died on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at the age of 60 after he was shot dead at close range. The murder, which was caught on camera, comes just days after Atiq Ahmed’s son was killed in a police encounter.
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: Moment when Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead while interacting with media.
(Warning: Disturbing Visuals) pic.twitter.com/xCmf0kOfcQ
— ANI (@ANI) April 15, 2023
Atiq Ahmed and his brother, Ashraf Ahmed flanked by several policemen, were interacting with reporters when a hand appeared out of nowhere and shot the two in the head in Uttar Pradesh.
Atiq Ahmed Age
Atiq Ahmed was born on August 10, 1962, in Prayagraj, India. He celebrated his 60th birthday in August last year (2022) before he died in April this year (2023).
Atiq Ahmed Parents
Atiq Ahmed was born in Prayagraj, India to his parents. His father is known as Haji Firoz Ahmad but there’s no information regarding who his mother is.
The police on Wednesday, June 3, 2009, arrested Haji Firoz Ahmad in connection with a murder case. Firoz and some others were accused in the case of the murder of one Ashraf, who was shot dead in 2003.
Atiq Ahmed Siblings
Atiq Ahmed is not the only child of his parents, he had a younger brother named Ashraf Azeem alias Khalid Azim alias Khalid Azeem Ashraf.
Atiq Ahmed and his brother, Ashraf were shot dead while being taken for a medical check-up in Prayagraj.
The incident which took place on Saturday around 10 pm was captured by journalists who were trailing the two handcuffed siblings who were en route to the hospital for a medical examination.
Atiq Ahmed Wife
Atiq Ahmed was married to Shaista Parveen. The couple had been married since 1999. She was named as one of the key conspirators of the killing of Umesh Pal in February 2023.
Atiq Ahmed’s lawyer, Vijay Mishra reportedly said that Shaista Parveen may surrender before the police today. According to sources, she may attend the last rites of her husband and surrender to the police.
Atiq Ahmed Children
Atiq Ahmed has five sons; Ali Ahmed, Umar Ahmed, Asad Ahmed, Ahzaan Ahmed, and Abaan Ahmed. Reports say he shares all five children with his wife, Shaista Parveen.
Atique Ahmad’s son, Asad, who was wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, was killed in an encounter during action in Jhansi by the Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force (STF).
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