# Dostoevsky, Tehran coup novels in Atiq Ahmed’s son’s car 2026-08-08T08:43:44+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Police recovered books by Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky and Iranian-American author Marjan Kamali from the mangled car of Aaban Ahmed, son of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed, after a fatal road accident on the Jhansi-Kanpur highway. The police clarified the books were personal belongings and unrelated to the crash investigation. Aaban died after his car crashed near Poonch in Jhansi district on Thursday. His postmortem revealed severe damage to his liver, lungs and spleen, causing internal bleeding. His associate Sonu sustained fractures. The recovery of the books, including Dostoevsky’s works on crime and morality and Kamali’s novel set during the 1953 Tehran coup, sparked social media speculation about Aaban’s literary interests. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: Aaban Ahmed, Atiq Ahmed, book recovery, Dostoevsky, Jhansi accident, Marjan Kamali Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/dostoevsky-tehran-coup-novels-in-atiq-ahmeds-sons-car/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/dostoevsky-tehran-coup-novels-in-atiq-ahmeds-sons-car/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.