More properties of Atiq Ahmadto be attached

Prayagraj: Continuing the crackdown against jailed mafia don-turned-politician

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Ahmad’s illegal assets, Prayagraj police is gearing up to further tighten noose around the former MP.

Police have identified some more properties associated with Atiq, including his house and office in Chakia area, cold storage land in Jhunsi and two other properties near a hotel in Civil Lines, under the Gangster Act.

SP Crime, Ashutosh Mishra said, “We have identified certain properties which are associated with former MP Atiq Ahmad. Suitable action will be taken following all the legal aspects.”

District police has sent a report to the district magistrate to attach the illegal properties. This would be in addition to the action being taken against Atiq and his associates by the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA), in which several unauthorised buildings owned by Atiq and his relatives have been demolished.

Till now, police have taken action on properties worth more than Rs 150 crore. The action was taken against Atiq under the Gangster Act. A joint team of PDA and the district administration has undertaken 58 drives against the illegal constructions in the district and many of them had direct or indirect links to the mafia don-turned former parliamentarian.

Along with demolishing the buildings illegally raised by Atiq and his men, district administration has attached several of the properties of Atiq and his associates.

Earlier, action was taken against several properties owned by Atiq, including his office in Chakia. Part of this office was also demolished under the BSP rule, but construction was again done on the demolished area. Last year, a large part of the same building was demolished by the authorities.