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You know that Chakiya belongs to… Then the police was also afraid to enter these streets, the whole story of the Mafia Atiq Ahmed neighborhood

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3 months ago

March 2, 2023

New Delhi: Humka nahi jaanat ho ka bay, chakiya ke hain… At one point, this dialogue was a testimony to Atiq Ahmed’s fear. People kept their distance after listening. Yes, Mafia Don has its own space. Mumbai’s Dongri was formerly known as Dawood Ibrahim. Today, while Prayagraj is in the headlines due to the Umesh Pal murder case, the Chakia locality of Atiq Ahmed is mentioned. Where is Chakia, how is this area where Atiq Ahmed’s play was circulating. At one time, people were afraid to go to this predominantly Muslim region. Think of it as a neighborhood of streets. If you don’t already know, you will be confused when you enter. Atiq’s ancestral home was a bit far in the Kasariya region. It used to be a rural area. Later, Atiq’s family came to settle in Chakia. Later regions like Chakia, Kareli, Khuldabad came to be known as Mohalla of Atiq. Here, the one-sided vote was for Atik or whoever had the hand of ‘Bhai’ would win. Even if there had been cabin captures, 2-4 police officers would have thought 100 times before entering the streets.

mustache, white scarf

Yes, that was the identity of Chakia’s tonga salesman’s boy. He was born in 1962. My father held a tonga in the streets of Allahabad. Seeing the poverty of the house, a little more ambition began to stir in Atiq’s mind. He started dreaming of getting rich quick and making a name for himself. He didn’t want to study. When he failed in 10th, he changed lanes. At that time, Chand Baba’s name was in the area. The desire to become Prayagraj’s new gift arose in his mind. His gang began to grow. Extortion began to be collected in the city. At the age of 17, Atiq was charged with murder.

Soon after, a fight broke out between Chand Baba and Atiq’s gang. The name of the new Allahabad gangster was rising and Chakia, the district near the railway station was coming into the discussion. Over the next 10 years it had become the city’s Dawood. More than 80 cases had been recorded. His tuti was talking in the city, his name started to be heard all the way to Lucknow but Atiq still had other things to do.

Ateeq shines with the glow of Chand Baba

Atiq was to come out of Chakia and taste power. He understood that power can only be achieved through politics with money. And in 1989, Atiq contested as an independent from the seat of Allahabad West. Chand Baba was ahead but after winning the mafia, Atiq now went to Netaji. After some time, Chand Baba was murdered in the middle of the market. It is said that after this massacre, the chief himself refused to take a ticket from the headquarters of Allahabad West. Three times he won independent elections.

Became an MP on the SP ticket in 1996, then the crime graph went up. The Chakia Mafia, which collected millions of rupees, loved expensive vehicles. In 2004, he contested the Lok Sabha elections from the seat of Phulpur on the Apna Dal ticket. He gave his traditional seat to Bhai Ashraf but he lost. The winning BSP leader, Raju Pal, was assassinated within months. Then Atiq’s henchmen opened fire on Raju’s convoy. Today’s generation has seen the same scene in the Umesh Pal murder case in recent days.

the streets are a maze

Chakia is once again in the limelight. When the bulldozer crossed the labyrinthine paths, Atiq’s fall was sealed. Bulldozers will be fired at his relatives selectively, there will be encounters…CM Yogi Adityanath himself has spoken of mixing this Chakia mafia into the ground. There was a time when the people of Chakia associated with Atiq. But today the atmosphere has changed. Hindu-Muslims all live there and little by little people have distanced themselves from the influence of the mafia.

At such a time, Shivpujan Singh, a journalist from Prayagraj, recalls, “It was Puja Pal’s second election. Cabin capture has been reported to occur in Chakia. Then 2-4 policemen were scared to go to that area. The administration was hesitant. In such a situation, Pooja herself reached the stand with a gun. The troubles had ceased. This happened several times when Chakia was in the news because of Atiq Ahmed.

still remember white sumo

There was a time when Atiq Ahmed’s convoy passed through an intersection in Prayagraj, the traffic stopped. Wherever he was, he saw the white Tata Sumo passing by. People still remember that scene from two decades ago. Two pipes piercing through the black window of the white car served to scare people. You would be surprised to know that Atiq was a public representative at that time. In recent years, people have started to say openly that they tell me, when two pipes (guns) are seen, then how ordinary people will go to Netaji. However, following caste equations, such candidates were winning at that time. Today, the same Atiq Ahmed is afraid of the encounter. He appealed to the Supreme Court against his transfer from Sabarmati prison in relation to the murder of a witness in Prayagraj’s dismissal case. Atiq Ahmed was a provincial deputy for five consecutive terms and a deputy once. But today, the sun of his existence is setting.