After her husband, Atiq Ahmad was shot while in police custody, Shaista was placed on the UP Police’s most wanted list. Shaista lost her son and spouse in a matter of days. A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA defended their choice to allow Shaista Parveen, the wife of deceased gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, to stay in the party by claiming that it wasn’t Atiq who did it and that they even wanted her to run for mayor.
According to BSP MLA Umahsankar Singh, “We forced Shaista Parveen to join the party rather than Atiq Ahmad, and we also wanted her to run for mayor elections. Shaista Parveen has not yet been connected to that incident in any way, according to any video that has been shown by the government or the police. BSP won’t allow someone like that to remain in the party after she becomes active. She is still a member of the party, and no action has been done against her.
Umahsankar Singh, a BSP MLA, claims that Shaista Parveen was coerced into joining the party rather than Atiq Ahmad and that she was also pressured into running for mayor. According to any video that the government or the police have displayed, Shaista Parveen hasn’t yet been associated in any way with that occurrence. Once she turns active, BSP won’t let someone like that stay in the party. She continues to be a party member, and nothing has been done to retaliate against her.
There were rumours that Shaista Parveen would turn herself in at Atiq’s funeral, but she has not returned. The UP Police ramped up their efforts to apprehend Shaista last week, searching all known hiding places where she might have gone, including her family’s homes in various Prayagraj neighbourhoods and villages as well as the adjoining Kaushambi districts.
Shaista may have further information to shed light on the preparation and execution of the murder of lawyer Umesh Pal and his two police guards, who were killed on February 24, according to the UP Police, who believes that with her son and husband already deceased. Shaista was one of the designated suspects in the murder of Umesh Pal, along with Atiq and Asad, and she has been missing since February 24.
