Khalid Azim | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2005–2007 | |
Preceded by | Raju Pal |
Succeeded by | Pooja Pal |
Constituency | Prayagraj West |
Personal details | |
Died | 15 April 2023 Prayagraj,Uttar Pradesh,India |
Manner of death | Assassination |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Samajwadi Party |
Relations | Atiq Ahmad (brother) |
Children | 4 (3 daughters,1 son) |
Alma mater | Ewing Christian College |
Khalid Azim,also known as Ashraf (died 15 April 2023),was an Indian politician who had a criminal background. He served as a Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Prayagraj West constituency. He faced 54 criminal cases,including murder,threats,extortion,abduction,and land grabbing offenses under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. [1]
He was the brother of Atiq Ahmad,a gangster turned politician who also served as a parliamentarian. He was a member of Atiq Ahmad's IS-227 gang and was considered to be Ahmad's right-hand man by police records. [1]
Khalid Azim,who was affiliated with the Samajwadi Party,contested the 2005 legislative by-election for the Prayagraj West constituency. The seat had become vacant when his brother Atiq Ahmed was elected as a Member of Parliament from Phulpur. However,Khalid Azim was defeated by Raju Pal from the Bahujan Samaj Party. Following Raju Pal's murder on 25 January 2005, [2] a by-election was held,and he won the election from Prayagraj West constituency.
He contested the 2007 UP legislative elections but was defeated by Raju Pal's widow,Pooja Pal. [3] [4] Khalid Azim and his elder brother Atiq were the prime accused in the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal. [5] [1]
In 1992,the first case was registered against him,at Prayagraj's Mutthiganj police station under various sections of the Indian Penal Code,including 147,148,149,364,504,and 506,as well as the 7 Criminal Law Amendment Act. It was alleged that he had kidnapped and physically assaulted a youth after an altercation. At the time of the incident,he was reportedly pursuing a degree at Ewing Christian College in Allahabad. [1] Later,cases were registered against him in different districts of Uttar Pradesh in the years 1996,1997,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005 and 2007. [6]
In January 2005,Khalid Azim was named as a prime suspect in the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal. [7]
In January 2007,his name surfaced in the abduction and gang rape case of two minor girl students from a Madarsa in the Kareli area. [8]
Khalid Azim was married to Zainab Ruby and had four children,including three daughters and one son. [1]
On 15 April 2023,Khalid Azim and his brother Atiq Ahmed were being escorted by Uttar Pradesh Police for a court-ordered medical checkup in Prayagraj when they were attacked in front of media cameras,shot at point-blank range and killed by three men who had posed as media personnel. [9]
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