Shaista Parveen and Atiq Ahmed (Image/Twitter and PTI)
As the police are on the lookout for Shaista Parveen, reports suggest that locating her may be a difficult task at present. Shaista will perform the rituals of Iddat after the death of her husband and during this time no one will be allowed to meet her.
After losing her son Asad and husband Ateeq Ahmed in a span of just two days, 51-year-old Shaista Parveen has now become Uttar Pradesh’s most wanted criminal. A reward of Rs 50,000 has been announced for any information about Shaista, who is now on the most wanted list of the UP Police.
Shaista’s son Asad was killed in a police encounter on 13 April, two days before her husband Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead outside a hospital in Prayagraj where they were being taken for treatment.
There was speculation that Shaista, now empress of Atiq’s kingdom, would surrender to the police after her husband’s funeral. However, he is still absconding.
But how did the 12th pass daughter of a retired police constable turn into a vicious criminal? Well, the transition happened over time. Whenever her husband Atiq and brother-in-law Ashraf went to jail, it was Shaista who was responsible for managing the family business.
Shaista Praveen and the journey from cop’s daughter to ‘Most Wanted’
▶ Shaista, daughter of retired police constable Mohammad Haroon, lived in Damupur village of Prayagraj along with her family. She married Ateeq in 1996.
▶ After passing class XII from a school in Prayagraj, Shaista initially confined herself to household chores.
▶ After the murder of lawyer Umesh Pal on February 24, 2023, Shaista came to the forefront of Atiq’s criminal empire. According to media reports, when Shaista went to meet her husband in Gujarat’s Sabarmati Jail, the two discussed killing Umesh Pal. He is one of the main accused in the Umesh Pal murder case.
At present four cases are registered against Shaista in Prayagraj. Of these, three are in the case of cheating and one in the murder of Umesh Pal. According to the police, Shaista Parveen was involved in planning and executing the murder of Umesh Pal. When Atiq Ahmed was in jail, Shaista played an active role in running his syndicate.
▶The first 3 cases were registered at Colonelganj police station in 2009 under sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security or will), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating) and 471 (use of forged document). Arms Act other than section 30 (breach of license or regulation) of the Indian Penal Code.
▶ Shaista is also active on the political front. She joined Asaduddin Owaisi’s party AIMIM in 2021. Later she switched to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in January 2023.
▶ Earlier speculations were being made that Mayawati would field Shaista Parveen from Prayagraj in the mayoral election, but BSP supremo decided against it after her name cropped up in the Umesh Pal murder case.
▶ After Atiq’s death, Shaista’s alleged letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has come to the fore. The latter was written on 27 February. In the letter, Shaista said that Atiq and Ashraf are being falsely implicated in the Umesh Pal murder case.
Shaista alleged that minister Nand Gopal Gupta was the main conspirator in Pal’s murder. She wrote, ‘If you (CM Adityanath) do not intervene, my husband, brother-in-law and sons will be killed.’
▶As police are on the lookout for Shaista Parveen, reports suggest that locating her may be a difficult task at present. Shaista will perform the rituals of Iddat after the death of her husband and during this time no one will be allowed to meet her.
▶ In such a situation, it can be a difficult task to locate him. The police suspected that she might secretly attend the funeral of her son Asad wearing a burqa, but she did not.
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