Atiq is an accused in the BSP MLA Raju Pal 2005 murder case and the recent Umesh Pal murder case. Umesh Pal, who was a prime witness in the Raju Pal murder case, was shot dead in broad daylight in Prayagraj on February 24 this year.
A Prayagraj MP-MLA court, which today held the five-time MLA guilty and two others in the abduction case, however, acquitted seven others including the mafia turned politician's brother Ashraf.