Man gets 10-yr RI for grabbing government land

Press Trust of India  |  Ghaziabad 

A has sentenced an associate of land mafia to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for grabbing government land in a village in the area here.

held guilty of grabbing 52 hectares of government land in Arthla village and sentenced him to 10 years' RI, said

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Tiwari, who is an associate of land mafia Moti Goel, who was shot dead in Noida in April.

Pushkar said Goel and his accomplices had connived with some officials to grab the piece of land.

In 2005, administration officials had valued it at Rs 520 crore. At present, the land is worth Rs 2,000 crore,he added.

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First Published: Wed, August 01 2018. 09:50 IST