Lucknow, December 31: The Uttar Pradesh police has booked don-turned-politician Atique Ahmed for allegedly abducting and thrashing a real-estate businessman, Mohit Jaiswal, inside Deoria jail. According to the complaint filed by Jaiswal, former MP Atique Ahmed, his son Umar and his five aides abducted him from Lucknow on December 26 and assaulted him inside Deoria jail.

"I was thrashed inside the jail by the accomplices of Atiq Ahmad. Forcefully my four companies were transferred in the name of two associates of Ahmad. I was also made to sign on 15-10 plain papers and they also made me leave my Fortuner vehicle in the jail," reads the FIR filed by Jaiswal. He also alleged that accomplices of Ahmad threatened him and his men of dire consequences.

While a case was registered against Atique Ahmed, Deoria Jail Superintendent, DK Pandey called the reports of the assault on Jaiswal false. "This information is completely wrong. The meeting was held according to the rules. Jaiswal didn't complain about it to us," Pandey told news agency ANI. Two accused have been arrested in the case. Deoria DM Seeks Shifting of Atiq Ahmad to a High-security Prison.

SSP, Lucknow, Kalanidhi Naithani said: "We had registered the case and had dispatched a team which recovered the vehicles. In the overnight operation, two people who had abducted the businessman have been arrested. Special teams have been formed to arrest the other accused."

Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar told ANI, "Government has sought a report from ADP Prison by tomorrow so as to fix responsibility regarding the lapse in the jail. Further action will be taken on receipt of the report tomorrow."

Atique Ahmed, a historysheeter, has been lodged in Deoria district jail since March last year after being transferred from Allahabad’s Naini jail. He faces at least 70 cases against him, including the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal in 2005 in Allahabad.

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