Atique Ahamad

Infobox_Indian_politician
name = Atique Ahmad

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birth_date = Birth date and age|1962|8|10|df=y
birth_place = Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
residence = Allahabad
death_date =
death_place =
constituency = Phulpur
office = MP
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term =
predecessor =
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party =SP
religion =
spouse = Shaista Parveen
children = 3 sons
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date = September 17
year = 2006 |
source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4171

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 [cite news
title = All with ‘shades’ least are ‘white’
author = Arun Chaubey
publisher = Zee News
url = http://www.zeenews.com/uppoll/fullstory.asp?sid=upe&aid=365058
date = May 2007
accessdate = 2007-05-13] 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 [ [http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4171 Official biographical sketch] , Parliament of India website] .

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 [cite news
title = Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls : Gangsters join race for UP Assembly
publisher = Sify.com
url = http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14413910
date = April 2007
accessdate = 2007-05-12] . 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 [ [http://www.eci.gov.in/GE2004_Affidavits/Uttar%20Pradesh/Affidavits/51/AtiqueAhamad/AtiqueAhamad.html Affidavit (in Hindi)] filed by Atique Ahmed in 2004 General Elections] , 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.

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