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By Jitendra Bahadur Singh: Guddu Muslim, whose name propped up in the shooting that killed gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed, is the most dangerous criminal from Ahmed’s gang, who is still on the run, said the chief of the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) Amitabh Yash.
“Among all the absconding criminals from Atiq Ahmed’s gang, Guddu Muslim is the most dangerous. I arrested him in 1999, when he was smuggling drugs. But he got bail with the help of Atiq’s lawyers. He is a bomb maker. When Umesh Pal was murdered, I identified him (Guddu Muslim) easily on CCTV,” Yash said.
“He is a professional criminal and must be caught. He can make bombs on the go. Until he is arrested, he remains a big threat,” he added.
Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were speaking to the media outside a hospital in Prayagraj – where they were brought for a late-night medical check-up, when they were shot dead at point blank range by men who posed as journalists. “Main baat yeh hai ki Guddu Muslim… (the main point is that Guddu Muslimâæ),” were Ashraf’s last words before he and his brother Atiq were pumped with bullets.
This turned the spotlight back on the “bomb specialist”.
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WHO IS GUDDU MUSLIM?
Guddu Muslim is one of the 10 people named in the murder of Umesh Pal, the witness to the 2005 killing of BSP MLA Raju Pal, in which Atiq Ahmed was an accused. Of the 10, six – gangster Atiq Ahmed and five others linked to him – have been killed and Guddu Muslim has managed to evade authorities so far.
Guddu Muslim, according to reports, prefers hurling bombs, instead of using guns, to kill people. He has been working with Atiq Ahmed since the gangster-politician bailed him out of jail.
Known to the police as the ‘bomb specialist’, Guddu, in a widely circulated video of the daylight murder of Umesh Pal this February, was seen throwing crude bombs while riding a pillion on a motorcycle. The video led to his naming in the FIR.
According to the police, Guddu’s last known location was in Karnataka.
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