Boundary of godown owned by Mukhtar Ansari’s kin, aides razed

VARANASI: Continuing the crackdown on the encroachment of land and violation of rules by jailed mafia don and MLA Mukhtar Ansari’s family members and aides, the government demolished the boundary wall of the premises given on rent to Food Corporation of India (FCI) in Mau for running its godown amid tight security arrangements on Saturday.
District magistrate Mau, Gyan Prakash Tripathi told TOI, “Mukhtar’s wife had bought 330 sqmt land of people of Scheduled Caste without taking the mandatory permission from DM in such cases. The land was bought in violation of rules to meet the norms of the required area for FCI godown. The accused are being issued a notice to pay Rs 26.43 lakh to compensate losses caused to government property.”
Earlier, a joint team of district administration and land revenue department officials reached Rajdepur area of Raini gram sabha in Dakshintola police station area with a heavy contingent of police force. The official demolished the boundary wall of the godown premises owned by Mukhtar’s wife and reclaimed the land, said police officials.
The case in this connection had been lodged at Dakshintola police station on July 9 under Sections 419, 420, 433, 434, 447, 467, 468, 471 of IPC and 3/4 of Prevention of Damages to Public Property Act, the DM said.
“The godown is registered in the name of Vikas Constructions owned by Atif Raja, Mukhtar’s wife Afsha Ansari, Anwar Shehjaz, Ravindra Narain Singh, and Jakir Hussain of Ghazipur. This land belonged to gram sabha and had been allotted to SC people,” Tripathi added.
The land of the accused was insufficient to fulfil the criteria for FCI godown, so they bought adjacent land of some SCs without taking due permission from DM, took possession and constructed boundary wall to include it in the godown, said officials.
An illegal slaughter house was demolished in Mau on Friday while two buildings of Ansari’s sons had been razed in Lucknow on Thursday.