Atiq, who was lodged in Sabarmati jail since 2019, is being brought back to Prayagraj in connection with an old kidnapping case of Umesh Pal in which he is the main accused
Rejecting the bail application of Atiq Ahmed s son Ali Ahmed in a 2021 extortion case, the Allahabad High Court observed that enlarging such a criminal on bail would be a threat not only to the witnesses but also a constant threat to society.
He has also sought a direction restraining the state of Uttar Pradesh and others from taking him from the Central Jail in Ahemdabad to Prayagraj or any other part of Uttar Pradesh