Lahore Underworld Don Atif Chaudry
Their was a don in Lahore who tried to gain control over the film industry, He attacked actress Reema’s house, This don had a police encounter with the famous encounter specialist Abid boxer four times, but how did he escape every time and how was he killed? Today I will share the story of such a don of Lahore who controlled the film industry, and made Abid Boxer an encounter specialist, Atif Chaudhary.
The Beginnings
We should understand student politics, From 1985 to 2005, these are two decades; whatever happened during these 20 years, the reason for that was gaining superiority in student politics. Student unions were at their peak at that time, and four or five big student organizations were against each other, and all this was happening in Lahore.
The center of activity was Lahore. There was a university, Punjab University; it wasn’t as active as the other colleges but to some extent. MAO College was a separate college that was independent and was the stronghold of student politics. It was a Fort for student unions. Then there was Dial Singh College, Islamic College Railway Road, and Government College of Technology Lahore, which were against the MAO College. These three colleges were together.
Student organization in MAO College was MSF. Known as MSF Punjab. MSF Punjab was merged because Quaid-e-Azam had visited Lahore 11 times in Tehreek Pakistan, and all 11 times he had made announcements in the historic Habibiya Hall of Islamia College. AT that time MSF, whose Secretary General was Hameed Nizami, former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Sheikh Anwarul Haq, and Maulana Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi. These kinds of people were of great stature and character were in the MSF at that time. How this student politics became student hooliganism. There were three colleges that came against MAO College. Islamia College Railway Road, Dayal Singh College, and Technology College, which were patronised QSF (Quaid Student Federation) and ISF (Istqlal Student Federation). Later, PSF merged there; after the formation of the Pakistan People Party, PSF came there during Bhutto’s era. Before the Bhutto regime came, there were three related groups: ISF, QSF, and MSF.
At that time, MSF was present in Government College Railway Road. The MSF of the old era was related to Tehreek e Pakistan. Malik Shaheed, the first young martyr of Pakistan, was a Talib Ilm who was a student of Islamia College, so those people used to take the status of martyrdom, in affairs of Tehreek Pakistan, which was the core reason for the establishment of student unions; later that was transformed into a race for power and superiority. Their were two groups in this race: a political group, police, officers, bureaucrats, and students who used to work under their patronage; their organization used to work, even the student union itself used to do it. The second segment, who were not students, those who were not Talib Ilm. They also used to take support of the organizations of these colleges.
A new murder comes to light. MSF finds the body of a martyr. MSF plays politics on it. The politics is such that every other day some new person joins the party, and those people join mostly who have no connection with education or teaching. Whether he is a cobbler, someone who rears cows or buffaloes, someone who is a labourer, someone who does hard work, all of them were easy sources of income for their progress. They used to sit on a mat spread on the floor and play cards. Cards were also a source of income for those who played cards. People who played Ludo and gambled used to come from outside and make their home in the hostel. These people had set up their camps there.
Who was Atif Chaudry?
Among those new people, there was a man named Atif Chaudhary. He was from Lahore. He was from the Lohari area. The area where he lived was famous not only in Lahore but nationwide for its criminal history.
Atif Chaudry from MAO College made the journey from Lohari to MAO College; he was not educated and never received any formal education, so how did he become a student leader? Sitting there, the walls of MAO College were nurseries of leadership. What did Atif Chaudhary see around him that he became a criminal, What was his background?
All his brothers and his father were businessmen, old books, which are old books; some are sold with the name, some are sold by weight; they dealt in both. Afzal Chaudhary was a very well-known man; he was a book seller; he had a connection with books; he was not educated, but he had a connection. He had a connection with the educational institution; how did he get connected to the educational institution while sitting in the hostel of MAO College?
Every person used to become a Talabilam if he was related to MAO College.More than 50 percent of them were non-students their in the hostels of MAO College.They had nothing to do with education, but they were called Student leaders.They were a part of MSF, and how were they called when the government letters used to come? The letter used to greet him as “Rahnuma tulaba tanzeem Atif Chaudhary.”
Criminal Life
He started acting as a leader of the student union. Atif Chaudhary was the only person from Lahore from whom police officers and officials used to tremble in fear. There is no such example. But despite that, he was afraid of the police. He was the only person who was very punctual and used to give time to his opponents and challenge them. No big, famous don was born who would challenge the police or his opponents in such a way, especially the police, that I will wait for you at such and such a place at a particular time. Atif Chaudhary was the only person who has called Abid Boxer four times.
When the name of Atif Chaudhary came in the public and it became a challenge for the police, then the police said that did he talk to him before his first murder or did they talk to him, It is not the first murder that has just happened, he did not commit the first murder, it is not known, the police station He was arrested in was Qila Gujjar Singh. An incident happened on Abdul Karim Road. He was arrested for murder in Abdul Karim Road.
The SSP investigation wing was newly formed. They took him there. After bringing him there, he was investigated. During that investigation, he was booked under sections 392. If the police suspect that the person will get out of this case, he is booked under Section 392. So, to strengthen his grievance, a case was filed against him. The first case was a fake one. The person from whom the theft took place later refused to admit it.
He went to jail, then came back from jail, then was remanded, then the police caught him, In two-three cases when he was put in force, sometimes true, sometimes false, such cases were filed in Islampura police station, Two cases were filed in Islampura police station within the limits of MAO College, Islampura police station. Atif got accused in them. When Atif gets accused, then Atif comes on the path, which is the law line of don of hooliganism and from there he became a symbol of terror in Lahore It was a big challenge for the police in particular.
Another important thing is that when Abid Chaudhary is murdered, Arshad Amin Chaudhary is accused of being against the murder. He was the same student. Atif comes out of the hostel. After the funeral, Abid is cremated. Post-mortem is done on the first day. The dead body is not handed over. There was a danger that the trial might be cut short. The police hand over the body two days later. When the body is found, there is a storm. Atif Chaudhary declares that I will take revenge for my brother Abid Chaudhary and will take it from Arshad Amin Chaudhary. He tried to kill Arshad Amin Chaudhary twice. Arshad kept on escaping. Arshad Amin Chaudhary is later murdered on the orders of Haneefa and Baba through him, and a case is filed against him, Ehsan, Gogi Butt, etc.
The first murder he committed was of the son of local drug peddler Bano Sutarwali, who was known as Nadeem Popawala. He owned that murder openly, unlike the robberies he denied earlier, in which he was accused. Atif Chaudry was arrested; he served the trial. Cases were filed against him in three, four, or five police stations, he played the role of a wage killer, he used to take money, his gang was very big, there were 10 people in his gang, Asad Prince was his partner, about whom it is famous that he was such a great target, Asad Prince had fired while lying down outside the High Court, and he himself lay down on the ground so that the fire of the opponent would not hurt him, and he shot his opponent in the head, but he did not get hit; he was such a big shooter; he was also one of his associates.
This was a proper gang, They used to form and operate, they used to take allowances from people, they used to play the role of a wage killer, they used to take money from transporters, there are many such segments Those who used to pay money to get their lives released, their motive was less to get their lives freed and more to cover up their misdeeds. Politicians used Atif Chaudhary. He was seen sitting at many places with big politicians: members of the National Assembly, big members of the Senate, ministers of the Provincial Assembly. Even with police officers and bureaucrats.
Stories of Atif Chaudry
He gained popularity when he attacked Arshad Amin after the murder of Abid Chaudhry. Arshad Amin got so afraid that he had stopped going out unnecessarily. There are hundreds of names who used to tremble at his name that Atif Chaudhary was coming; he was a brave man, because they knew that when Atif Chaudhary says that I am coming, then it means that he is coming. These people were afraid of him; the fear of him was real.
In the print media, he was addressed as a sign of fear. Businessmen were very scared that he used to ask for allowance; the actors were very scared that he used to ask for money. Well, there is also a story of a professor from whom he asked for Jagga tax. Right at the back of MAO College, he had rented a bungalow in front of the flats. He setup his office downstairs, there was an academy above.Professor was a very good and decent man. Atif had gone there three times to get the allowance. Twice he had a faceoff with Abid Boxer there. He was killed there the third time. At the same place, when the man kept saying in Punjabi that he had gone there, he had gone there again and again. He was saved from Abid’s hands twice. The third time, Abid Boxer killed him, Asad Prince was also killed in a police encounter at the same place.
The police had ambushed him there three to four times, rather four times. They waited for him to come. Then the police kept on firing. One time, a terrifying fight took place at Basant Night at the same place when he also got injured. A constable was also shot. The the third time when he went to take the bribe, he took half the amount earlier and went there for the other half. The police made a plan; behind this was Captain Zubair Mahmood, who was SP Cantt area; he was appointed for some special purposes; Atif was also a special purpose. He was very active. He got him tapped through this professor and asked him to call him to the academy for allowance. He came to take the allowance.
So he said give him half the money and call him for the other half. Abid Abid was his staff officer. The work of Captain Zubair Mahmood was special. Very few people know the actual training of Abid Boxer was done by Captain Zubair Mahmood. Abid The boxer was fearless, and Abid is a boxer.
Actress Reema is not just one; Atif opened fire at the houses of many actresses. What happened was that he got addicted to it; someone must have told him that it is very easy to take money from film producers, writers, and actors of the film, so what he used to do was go to the studio. A film like Maula Jat was being made; it was made during that time. He used to go there and sit in the director’s room. From there, he got acquainted with the actors. He reached Zeenat Block roaming around, where most of the actresses live. He probably reached that block. His friend said, look, this is Reema’s house. He fired at it to make a name for himself so that he could also be included in the discussion about who Atif Chaudhry is. So all the other actors and actresses will pay attention to Atif Chaudry, and they will also give him money. So he used to fire at the house of a big lawyer. He was coming back from jail. When the guard outside a bank on Wahadat Road stopped him, he asked where he was going. He killed him on the spot.
Once he stopped his car on the main canal in Lahore and opened fire. He fired to become famous as an activist. He wanted to get himself known as an activist. Then he became involved in the world of showbiz. After firing at Reema’s house, he targeted the homes of many celebrities. He earned a lot and had to learn to digest it himself. He played a big role in film making. He used to sit near the film actors and used to give them advice, and our films were based on gangs and stuff, so he was related to these storylines and helped the filmmakers. He was the Maula Jatt of student politics. He had studied three-four classes. He had gone to primary school. After that, he never came to the higher class in a big school. But he used to speak good English and used to talk very clearly. He was among the educated people. Big leaders used to call him. Big bureaucrats used to call him. Police officers also used to make him sit near them and fulfill their desire that Atif is sitting with us.
Abid Boxer recalls that once I was going to the duty-free shop Holiday Inn and I saw him going there, so I used my gunman’s klashinkov and opened fire on him. There was a police encounter, but he escaped. He escaped at many instances, one thing is that God was with him, at many places he was hit by a bullet but escaped. He had two light encounters Inspector Shafqat also. He kept on escaping, every time luck was with him, but Abid Boxer had taken him to the very end, and he had sworn that he would kill him, but in the end, Abid Boxer found him injured in peshawar in such a condition. He was brought to Lahore injured.
The End
Once he was going to Rawal Pindi when his wife was also accompanying him. He was stopped at a checkpost, Rawat checkpost, which was famous; he fired at Rawat checkpost, and he ran away.He took refuge in Alak-e-Ghair, there was a Sialkoti group, the Lakhodair group, the whole Lohari group, they used to give shelter to all these people under different group names. In the area outside Landi Kotal, it was called Bara and Landi Kotal. In the meantime, there was a place where he was hiding, from there he was caught and handed over to the police, he was injured and was hospitalized. When he came to the police station, he said that I am from Lahore; I am Atif Chaudry of Punjab. They said I don’t know what Chaudhry is; what is that? The Pashtuns were taking this thing easily; they thought that it was a common thing. When SP Peshawar called Captain Zubair, then Captain Zubair said that sir, he is most wanted, then he sent Abid Boxer to bring him; he went there and brought him in injured condition. After meeting him, he said that I have come to know that my death has come. Atif agreed that now you have come; it is my death, but I don’t want your name in the list of my opponents at my last moments.
Abid boxer says that I felt this thing; it is not good that I should hunt a dead body. They came to Lahore, Abid left him, Abid did not kill him. The people who killed him were inspector Shafqat’s team, Shafqat’s team killed him in Lahore and it is said about Atif Chaudry that he too was killed by the police under custody. the rumour was spread that Arshad Amin Chaudhary’s associates killed him in that academy at Rivaj Garh. This is absolutely baseless; it is a lie. The third time, the policemen killed him; the only difference was that they had gone in plain clothes. It was the same team of the city division that shot and killed him but they didnot take the credit, Because every person was afraid that his partner might kill us.The police took him to the same Rivaaj Garden, they had to take him there; he was shot and pushed down from 1st floor to the ground, he was already injured, he was shot from above, all this story of him killed by his opponents was fake.
The people like him come for a brief tour, and after the brief tour, their end is so terrible; the end is the same for everyone. This terrorism of student politics, this terrorizing character of student leaders, has led to the ban on student unions in Pakistan. There were many people who came. All these gangs came after Atif Chaudhary, but they did not make a name. The fear factor that he created did not come to anyone else’s share. It was a different character but memorable.