Jun 02, 2004: Hardcore Criminals back in the Parliament  
 
Fatimi is a Minister of State in the Manmohan Singh Government and assisting Arjun Singh as his junior colleague in HRD Ministry.

Fatimi rose to 'fame' when the Darbhanga Police stumbled upon his links with inter-state criminal gangs while investigating a kidnapping-for-ransom case…..some members of the Fazal-ur-Rahman's gang from Gujarat had spoken to Fatimi…. Another set of criminals running a kidnapping and extortion syndicate in Hubli, Karnataka, had again talked to Fatimi…..

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(this article may now be available in the Daily Pioneer archive of June 02, 2004)
Loud clatter in Fatimi's cupboard  
Navin Upadhyay & Amarnath Tewary / New Delhi/Patna