Shaista, who has been named as an accused within the Umesh Pal homicide case, is now on the run, with the police asserting a reward of Rs 50,000 for data on her. She didn’t attend the final rites of her son Asad Ahmed, who was killed in an alleged police encounter on April 13, or that of Atiq and Ashraf.

On Tuesday, Shaista’s maternal residence at Chakia, a two-storey home, lay abandoned, the doorways left open, the home goods in disarray.

Shaista Parveen’s paternal home at Damupur village in Prayagraj. (Express picture by Vishal Srivastav)

It was to this home that Shaista’s father Mohammad Haroon moved together with his household round 4 many years in the past. “His primary reason for moving was that there was no good school for his children (four daughters and two sons) in Damupur village,” says Mohammad Idreesh, 72, who lives throughout the highway from Haroon’s home in Chakia.

In September 2020, when the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) demolished Atiq and Shaista’s home at Chakia space in Prayagraj, she had moved in to a rented home reverse her father or mother’s residence. Around per week after Umesh Pal’s homicide, the PDA had on March 1 demolished the home, stating that it was constructed “without completing necessary formalities”.

Sources stated that whereas in police service, Haroon was transferred to a different district however his household stayed again at Chakia, the place Shaista accomplished her Class 12 and enrolled for her commencement. In 1996, she acquired married to Atiq Ahmed, then a budding politician within the space.

Shaista Parveen’s paternal home at Damupur village in Prayagraj. (Express picture by Vishal Srivastav)

“Only few persons were invited for the marriage held in Chakia,” stated Rashid Ali from Damupur.

As Atiq’s profile grew in Allahabad, Shaista’s household grew extra concerned in his actions. A couple of years after her marriage, Shaista’s youthful brother Jaki Ahmed began working with Atiq and dealt with his land circumstances. Jaki is now lodged in Lucknow district jail for allegedly kidnapping Lucknow-based businessman Mohit Jaiswal and assaulting him.

Another of her brothers, Sabi Ahmed, is a instructor at a madrasa in Prayagraj. Shaista’s three sisters are married and stay in several elements of Prayagraj. With the police conducting raids to hint Shaista, they’ve all left their properties. Few in Chakia discuss Shaista or the prolonged household.

A photograph of three males; (L-R) Arun Maurya, Sunny Purane and Lavlesh Tiwari, who opened hearth at gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf whereas they have been being taken for a medical checkup in Prayagraj. (PTI Photo)

Sources say that whereas Shaista maintained a low profile for lengthy, largely confined to her residence and kids, it was after 2019, when the Supreme Court directed that Atiq be shifted from Prayagraj to Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat within the Mohit Jaiswal kidnapping case, that she began stepping in for him at public and political features.

A supply stated that when Atiq was shifted in Gujarat, the household realised that it received’t be simple for him to come back out quickly. Besides, each of Atiq’s sons Ali Ahmed and Umar Ahmed and his youthful brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf (who was killed with him on April 15) have been in several jails in prison circumstances.

“The family had to make its presence felt in Prayagraj, so Shaista started appearing in public from 2019. She started meeting people and attending functions, representing her husband Atiq,” stated the supply.

Atiq and Ashraf have been shot useless Saturday (April 15) evening on the gate of Motilal Nehru Zonal Hospital (Colvin), the place the Prayagraj police have been taking them for medical examination.

Police stated that their preliminary investigation into the Umesh Pal homicide case has revealed that Shaista used to run Atiq’s enterprise by proxy.

According to police information, Shaista has, apart from the Umesh Pal homicide case, at the very least three different circumstances for alleged forgery and underneath the Arms Act on the Colonelganj Police Station in Prayagraj. These issues are pending in court docket, stated a police officer.

According to the UP Police, in his assertion recorded inside jail, Atiq admitted that when Shaista’s visited Sabarmati Central Jail, he allegedly had requested her to buy new cell telephones and SIM playing cards for him and Ashraf. He additionally allegedly gave her the title of a policeman who would ship the cellphone to him in jail.

Police additionally declare that Atiq informed them that Shaista was given the duty of coordinating with the attackers within the Umesh Pal — her son Asad who was killed within the police encounter on April 13 was among the many shooters — and offering weapons to them. Later, after the execution of the crime, Shaista was reportedly requested to gather weapons from them and hold them at a secure place.

Atiq’s lawyer Vijay Mishra has denied the police’s allegations.

In January this yr, Shaista joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), with sources saying she hoped to contest the mayoral polls. The BSP, nevertheless, didn’t give her a ticket.

After the Umesh Pal homicide, because the Prayagraj Police began conducting searches to hint Shaista Parveen, she filed an software in court docket accusing the police of illegally taking away her two minor sons on the night of February 24. Police later informed an area court docket that the boys had been present in Prayagraj and have been admitted to a toddler safety residence.