103rd FIR lodged against Atiq Ahmed, this time for 2019 extortion bid

PRAYAGRAJ: Jailed mafioso-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, his son Ali Ahmed and Atiq's cousin Aslam Mantri along with 10 others, have been booked for seeking Rs 1 crore extortion, assaulting and threatening a man, police said.
This happens to be the 103rd FIR against the gangster and his aides.
In the latest case, complainant Sabir Hussain claimed that though the incident took place on April 14, 2019, he lodged a case with Dhoomanganj police only on Monday. Hussain said he could muster courage to file the complaint following the recent crackdown against the gangster and his gang.
"The incident occurred when I was at my mother's house at Chakia, Kasari-Masarai locality where Ali Ahmad (son of Atiq) along with other armed men arrived and called me. When I came out of the house, Aslam Mantri called up Atiq on the phone and asked me to talk to him. When I refused, Ali and one Asad pointed a pistol at my head and asked me to arrange Rs one crore extortion," Hussain said in his complaint.
Hussain further said: "When I refused to pay the amount, they opened fire on me, but I narrowly escaped."
He also claimed to have obtained CCTV footage of the incident. Hussain told police that these men used to threaten him frequently.
"On February 15, 2023, Aslam Mantri and Asad Kalia arrived at my house and started harassing me to leave for Gujarat with the claim that Atiq wanted me there. When I refused to entertain them, they again assaulted me and sought Rs one crore extortion," he claimed.
Based on his complaint and FIR has been lodged with Dhoomanganj police station against Atiq Ahmed, Ali Ahmed, Asad Kalia, Shakeel, Shakir, Sabi Abbas, Faizan, Saif, Nami, Affan, Mahmood, Maud and Aslam Mantri under sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting being armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 307 (attempt to murder), 386 (extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grave injury), 286 (negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance), 504 (intentional insult), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) late Monday night.
A few days ago, police had booked Atiq, his wife Shaista Parveen and son Ali in connection with murder of lawyer Umesh Pal, a witness in 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case, and two of his police gunners in Dhoomanganj on February 24. Last month, Atiq and two others were also sentenced to life imprisonment in 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case.