prayagraj uttar pradesh since february 24 when the umesh pal murder took place the countdown had begun for atiq ahmadin the past 50 days atiqs entire family has been on the run and his son asad was killed in an encounter in jhansithe mafia don also lost his property and assets worth rs 1400 crore in prayagraj and his several properties have been demolished by the governmenta day before his death the gangster claimed hum to mitti mein mil gaye i have turned to dustthe enforcement directorate has also dealt a severe blow by exposing assets worth over rs 1400 crore and discovering nearly 50 shell companies that atiq and his gang used to convert their black money earned from extortion into white moneya day before he was killed in prayagraj the law enforcement agencies unearthed a huge cache of arms that belonged to himbesides confiscating atiq and his gangs property worth rs 1400 crore 15 teams of the enforcement directorate have also expedited their money laundering probe against atiq and exposed assets worth another rs 108 crorethe documents recovered during the eds raids on atiq have revealed more than 50 shell companies which are dummy companies owned by someone else in the documents but they were invested in by atiq and his gangall these companies were involved in the black money business network and the ed dragnet has fallen on a lawyer atiqs accountant a realestate businessman a former bsp mla a builder and a car showroom owner who have been central to running atiqs businessthe crackdown on atiq ahmad has also destroyed his family of his five sons one has been killed two are in jail and two minor sons are in juvenile homehis wife shaista is absconding and so is the wife of his slain brother ashraf his sister noorie is in hiding and brotherinlaw akhlaq is in jailhis relatives are afraid of admitting to any kind of links with him and his familyeven his three great danes two of which died due to hunger are at the mercy of an animal shelter homesaid a senior official the government has truly destroyed atiqs empire it should be a lesson for all