UP: Mafia don-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad’s 5 properties attached, others under police scanner

PRAYAGRAJ: Police are compiling fresh information about the properties owned by mafia don-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad after attaching his five properties worth Rs 25 crore in Dhoomanganj, Khuldabad and Civil Lines in UP's Prayagraj under the Gangster Act.
On Wednesday, police had attached the five properties of Atiq that included two houses in Chakia area worth Rs 2.5 crore, two houses in Omprakash Sabhashad Nagar and Kalindipuram localities worth Rs 2.5 crore and a house on Mahatma Gandhi Marg worth Rs 20 crore.
Around two weeks back, Prayagraj district magistrate Bhanu Chandra Goswami had ordered for seven immovable properties owned by Atiq to be attached under Gangster Act. He had also asked for a status report to be submitted by August 28.
SSP (Prayagraj) Abhishek Dixit told reporters that police had attached five properties of the jailed don Atiq worth around Rs 25 crore on Wednesday and started the process to attach rest two of the properties on Thursday.
He also claimed that all the five properties were attached under the Gangster Act on the directives of the district magistrate.
The SSP claimed that police have also identified more properties of the jailed don and would soon complete the process to attach these properties.
The decision to attach the properties was taken after SSP (Prayagraj) had recommended action in a report to the DM. He had reasoned that the properties were allegedly accumulated through illegal means. After going through the available records, the DM had decided to attach all the seven properties.
The SSP also made it clear that similar action would be initiated against all mafias who have accumulated properties through illegal means and their properties would also be attached.