prayagraj atiq ahmed who had stepped into the crime world as murder accused in 1979 had a total of 104 criminal cases against him with the last 104th case lodged hours before he was killed at a stones throw away from where it all began on saturdayhis first case crime number 431 was lodged at khuldabad police station in 1979 while the last case was lodged with the dhoomanganj police station on april 15 in connection with the recovery of weapons allegedly used in the killing of lawyer umesh pal and two of his gunnersin the last fir he and his brother khalid azeem alias ashraf were booked under sections 32527 and 35 of the arms actprior to it an fir was lodged on april 11 for a 2019 incident related to seeking rs 1 crore extortion assaulting and threatening one sabir hussainbesides atiq his son ali ahmed cousin aslam mantri and 10 others were booked in the case complainant sabir hussain claimed that though the incident took place in 2019 he lodged a case after the recent crackdown against the gang gave him the courage to file the complaintpolice dossiers on him however revealed that atiq ahmad kingpin of an interstate 227 gang and listed a category history sheeter had a total eight cases of murders statistics available with the prayagraj commissionerate revealed that of the 104 firs against atiq 54 cases are under trial at various courts in the statethe first major setback to atiq came when as part of the sustained drive against gangsters under the yogi adityanath government property worth over rs 156 crore belonging to him and his family members was attached under the gangsters actsources said atiqs gang wielded total control over real estate dealings in prayagraj kaushambi noida lucknow and other parts of the countryin fact the commissionerate prayagraj and special task force of up police are still working overtime to compile details of the cases registered against the key associates of atiqs gang across the countrya senior cop preferring anonymity told toi police have compiled the details of cases registered against atiq and his family members after the killing of lawyer umesh pal and came to know that as many as five cases including that of cheat and fraud were also registered against his wife shaista parveen parveen evading arrest is also carrying rs 50000 cash rewardbesides cases were also registered against atiqs two sons mohd umar and ali ahmad who are currently lodged at lucknow and naini central jails respectively in connection with extortion casessimilarly the third son of atiq mohd asad whose photo was captured in cctv footage while executing firing on umesh pal was also killed in an encounter with stf of up police near jhansi on april 13as per the police records as many as 54 criminal cases were pending against atiqs younger brother khalid azim alias ashraf till he died on saturdaythe political journeyas far as atiqs political journey was concerned he became active in