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Wealthy
Brick Lane 'Curry King'
Attacked
By Street Gang
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One of
Brick Lane's wealthiest 'curry kings' and leading Tory in London's
East End was beaten unconscious in a street attack recently.
Muquim Ahmed
was smashed around the head as he walked between two of his
restaurants in Spitalfields.
The
53-year-old businessman who hopes to run for Parliament was punched
and kicked by four men on October 29, shortly after locking up his
popular Café Naz restaurant, police confirmed. He was taken
unconscious to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel and kept in overnight.
Police are
looking at whether the attack may have been related to a business
dispute in Brick Lane.
Mr Ahmed is
one of the Conservatives' most influential figures in Tower Hamlets
and is the current favourite to become the party's Parliamentary
candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow (George Galloway's present
constituency) at the next General Election.
His Cafe Naz
was wrecked in 1999 by a nail bomb planted by racist David Copeland
who was later jailed.
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