Crime and Politics: How Atiq Ahmed’s two worlds often collided

He started from Chakia, a small self-urban pocket in Prayagraj, but soon captured a good chunk of the historic Civil Lines in the city. He began his tentacles to adjoining parts of Prayagraj, and even Lucknow. In 2015, he tried to capture a big tract of land, belonging to a well-known trader of the city whose shop was the destination for fashion aficionados. Cops then posted in Lucknow say, Atiq himself was present at the site when his men tried to take possession of the land.

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