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In an FIR filed on May 2, the Prayagraj police for the first time described Shaista Parveen, the wife of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed, as a mafioso and a criminal. Shaista was sheltered by one Mohd Atin Jafar, who was arrested by the police. Shaista has been named in seven other cases, including five cases of forgery and cheating, lodged at different police stations in the state, in addition to the Umesh Pal murder case.