Varanasi: In the ongoing drive to cripple the economic empire of jailed mafia don and MLA Mukhtar Ansari, his family and gang members, police completed the process of attaching a Rs 10- crore property in Mahuabagh area under Kotwali police station in Ghazipur district on Wednesday.
On this property, Mukhtar’s family had given shops on rent on the ground floor while a hotel was being run on the upper floor, which was demolished by police in October 2020.
Providing details of the action of Ghazipur police to TOI, ADG Varanasi zone Brij Bhushan said, ”Taking note of the report of police, the district magistrate of Ghazipur issued an order to attach the property, which is in the name of Mukhtar’s son Abbas Ansari and his patron and mother Afsha Ansari on Tuesday. The police executed the order by sealing the entire building on Wednesday.”
“The total value of the seized land is Rs 9.30-crore while the cost of shops built on it is estimated at Rs 80-lakh,” he said mentioning that with this action, the financial loss to Mukhtar, his family and gang members in the ongoing drive against organised gangs and mafia has gone over Rs 397- crore.”
When SDM Sadar Aniruddh Pratap Singh and CO City Ojaswi Chawla reached Mahuabagh market along with heavy police force to execute the DM’s order of seizure of this property, chaotic scenes were created as owners of 17 shops located in the building started vacating their premises in a hurry. Some of them were also seen requesting the officials to avoid seizure, but the latter expressed helplessness in doing so.
On October 31, 2020 Hotel Ghazal, which existed on the upper floor of this building in the centre of Ghazipur city, was bulldozed amidst tight security.This action was initiated following the order of the eight-member controlling authority board under district magistrate MP Singh.
After isolating the areas between Mahuabagh and Mishra Bazar, the officials engaged five high capacity bulldozers, which took less than six hours to turn the prestigious hotel of the don’s family into debris in front of hundreds of spectators. The shops on the ground floor were not disturbed during last year’s action.
As per records, Mukhtar had constructed the hotel in 2004 and landed in jail in 2005. He has not been able to come out of jail so far.
On this property, Mukhtar’s family had given shops on rent on the ground floor while a hotel was being run on the upper floor, which was demolished by police in October 2020.
Providing details of the action of Ghazipur police to TOI, ADG Varanasi zone Brij Bhushan said, ”Taking note of the report of police, the district magistrate of Ghazipur issued an order to attach the property, which is in the name of Mukhtar’s son Abbas Ansari and his patron and mother Afsha Ansari on Tuesday. The police executed the order by sealing the entire building on Wednesday.”
“The total value of the seized land is Rs 9.30-crore while the cost of shops built on it is estimated at Rs 80-lakh,” he said mentioning that with this action, the financial loss to Mukhtar, his family and gang members in the ongoing drive against organised gangs and mafia has gone over Rs 397- crore.”
When SDM Sadar Aniruddh Pratap Singh and CO City Ojaswi Chawla reached Mahuabagh market along with heavy police force to execute the DM’s order of seizure of this property, chaotic scenes were created as owners of 17 shops located in the building started vacating their premises in a hurry. Some of them were also seen requesting the officials to avoid seizure, but the latter expressed helplessness in doing so.
On October 31, 2020 Hotel Ghazal, which existed on the upper floor of this building in the centre of Ghazipur city, was bulldozed amidst tight security.This action was initiated following the order of the eight-member controlling authority board under district magistrate MP Singh.
After isolating the areas between Mahuabagh and Mishra Bazar, the officials engaged five high capacity bulldozers, which took less than six hours to turn the prestigious hotel of the don’s family into debris in front of hundreds of spectators. The shops on the ground floor were not disturbed during last year’s action.
As per records, Mukhtar had constructed the hotel in 2004 and landed in jail in 2005. He has not been able to come out of jail so far.
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