In 2004, by killing Raju Pal in broad daylight, Atiq had done such a feat that he started becoming gritty in the eyes of the police-administration. However, till 2007 nothing could be done about it. After that the story of his downfall started.
Chakia Mohalla once used to be the stronghold of Atiq.
‘This is the problem of fear, it can end anytime…’ If this dialogue is in your mind, then you will automatically Mirzapur Of ‘carpet brother’ would have reached. Even if it will not be in mind, you must have lost your life by now. Those gang wars, shootings, murders, crime-police nexus and that status must have gone around in front of the eyes that when the police also knock on your door and greet you… Such was the status of a gangster once. ateek Ahmed Of.
In the Chakia locality of Allahabad where his house is, leave alone talking about the common people, he could not muster the courage to go to the police. Whenever the police had to go to that area, permission had to be taken from ‘Bhaiyya ji’. If this is not done, then the above is the owner… Atiq Ahmed’s office used to be in this Chakia, in which the ‘Darbar’ was decorated like the carpet brother. Today, from this office, the police have recovered lakhs of rupees in cash and 11 pistols, which were hidden inside the floor and walls.
Where is Chakia – how is she
In real sense, the status of ‘Carpet Bhaiya’ of Mirzapur will also fade in front of Atiq Ahmed. There are many stories, one of them is that the terror of this 5 feet 6 inch gangster was such that no one could even look at him far away from making eye contact. This was the time when Prayagraj used to be Allahabad. Atiq’s coin used to run in Chakia. This Chakia is a Muslim dominated locality of Prayagraj which is only 5 kilometers away from Civil Lines. It is said that even a leaf did not move in this area without Atiq’s consent. If any leader used to go here to ask for votes, then it was necessary to have the consent of Atiq. The one who used to win from here was Atiq Ahmed’s hand.
The balance of power made Chakia a ‘fort’
Chakia once used to be a normal locality. Most of the Muslim population of Allahabad used to live here. Atiq Ahmed then lived in Kasari-Masari, which is now also known as Kesariya area. Atiq’s status in Allahabad was about to increase from the 70s, but he was considered a goon in Allahabad West, where Chand Baba ruled at that time.
Before Atiq, this Chand Baba had supremacy. It is said that at that time, if the police used to reach the area of Rani Mandi, they would come back only after getting beaten up. In the desire of balance of power, only some white-collars encouraged Atiq. This promotion made Chakia a fort instead of Rani Mandi. Although till that time he lived in his ancestral home Kasari-Masari, but he had started making Chakia his home. The streets here helped him to dodge the police. In 1989, he entered the field of politics and became an independent MLA after defeating Chand Baba. In 1992, he shifted with his family to his fort house built in Chakia.
Chakia was buzzing till 2007, bad days came again
In 2004, by killing Raju Pal in broad daylight, Atiq had done such a feat that he started becoming gritty in the eyes of the police-administration. However, till 2007 nothing could be done about it. In the Raju Pal murder case itself, he kept threatening and intimidating the witnesses, his name kept appearing in incidents like murder, kidnapping, but the story starts from where it starts and ends from there itself. By 2008, the same thing started happening with Atiq. His office, built near the Chowfatka railway overbridge in Chakia, which was once buzzing, had started to become silent. When the BSP government came to power, the PDA (it was ADA at that time) started action against Atiq and his henchmen. Chakia’s office was also bulldozed on charges of illegal construction.
The construction of the fort started again in 2012, but the matter did not materialize
Atiq Ahmed was declared most wanted in the Mayawati government. His properties worth crores of rupees were seized, later he was arrested from Delhi. Chakia’s office started buzzing again in 2012 after the BSP government came to power, but before Ateeq’s terror increased again, the SP thought it best to distance itself from him, after the BJP government came to power, Ateeq’s troubles increased again and in 2020 the office was destroyed. The part that was left was also demolished. Some of the rear walls and part were left. In today’s raid, cash and weapons have been recovered from the same part.
The status may not be there, of course, but the fear is still there…
Ateeq Ahmed is in jail since 2017, that too not even a status, but Ateeq’s terror continues. The debris of the house and office of Atiq and his henchmen in the locality is testifying to the days when Atiq used to rule here. The people of the area still have the Robinhood image of Atiq. Even by mistake, if you ask someone about Atiq Ahmed’s house or ancestral house, then the expression on that person’s face tells everything.
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