Cops start attaching seven properties owned by Atiq

Prayagraj: Following the directives of the district magistrate, police started the process of attaching seven properties owned by former MP and jailed don Atiq Ahmed on Wednesday amid tight security in the city.
Around two weeks back, Prayagraj district magistrate Bhanu Chandra Goswami had ordered for seven immovable properties owned by Ahmed to be attached under Gangster Act. He had also asked for a status report to be submitted by August 28.
SP (city) Dinesh Singh said, “Police started attaching properties owned by Ahmad on Wednesday located under the limits of different police stations of the city. Heavy police force was deployed while executing the process.”
The properties were located in Chakia, Sabhasad Nagar, Karbala, MIG Kalindipuram, and Mahatma Gandhi Marg and fall under the limits of Khuldabad, Dhoomanganj and Civil Lines police stations.
Police have also installed boards outside two of his properties mentioning that the land has been attached on the order of the district administration by the time this report went to press.
The decision to attach the properties was taken after SSP (Prayagraj) had recommended for the 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 the seven properties.