The editor of the YouTube channel Pol Khol TV, Ashish Kanjariya, is accused of extorting Rs. 10 lakhs from the trustee of a private school in Maninagar.
Police reportedly said that Atiq conspired to get himself attacked as a measure to enhance his own security, to ensure media limelight and pressure on government, so he remains safe.
Mukhtar Ansari was booked for his involvement in the kidnapping of Vishwa Hindu Parishad office-bearer and coal tycoon Nandkishore Rungta in 1996 and the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Krishnanand Rai in 2005.