Uttar Pradesh Police recovered over Rs 74 lakh cash and illegal weapons from a partially demolished office of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed in Chakia area here on Tuesday following the arrest of five persons, officials said. They said the front part of the office had been already demolished by authorities using a bulldozer.
On Tuesday, a search was carried out at the site amid a heavy police deployment and a huge amount of cash and illegal weapons were found from the former MP’s office, officials said.
Briefing reporters at the Police Lines here, Prayagraj Police Commissioner Ramit Sharma said, “Five persons — Niyaz Ahmed, Cash Ahmed, Mohammad Sajak, Mohammad Arshad Khan and Rakesh Kumar — were arrested on Tuesday. From them, five foreign-made guns, five country-made pistols and ammunition have been recovered. Six mobile phones were also recovered from them.”
He added, “Rs 2.25 lakh was recovered from the five arrested persons. Subsequently, on the information provided by two of these arrested accused (Cash Mohammad and Rakesh Kumar), Rs 72.37 lakh was recovered from the office of Atiq Ahmed. In all, Rs 74.62 lakh cash was recovered.”
