SDM orders demolition of nursing institute & hospital of Mukhtar’s aide

VARANASI: The investigations into the land grab and properties amassed by jailed mafia don and MLA Mukhtar Ansari and his aides resulted in the SDM Sadar court issuing an order for the demolition of Shamm-e-Husaini Institute of nursing and paramedical college and hospital owned by his associate.
Ghazipur SDM Sadar Prabhat Kumar said on Tuesday, “During investigation, officials found the nursing institute and hospital building owned by Dr Shadab Siddaqi, Azam Siddaqi, natives of Barbarahna in Kotwali police station area, and their family members, was built by capturing the land of river Ganga.”
Siddaqis came on the radar when the committee led by Ghazipur DM to identify and initiate action against land mafia started receiving evidence of their connections with Mukhtar.
The team found that Siddaqis were very close to Mukhtar and assisted him in various ways. A team was set up for further investigation and land on which the institute is built was measured. The building map was also not sanctioned.
The SDM Sadar court ordered its demolition on Monday after which a notice was pasted on the institute building, telling the owners to demolish it within a week else district administration will do it and impose costs for it.
The DM had already suspended arms licences of Siddaqi family, including a pistol of Mohd Azam Siddaqi, a rifle of Mohsin Siddaqi, rifle and pistol of Mohd Shadab Siddaqi, pistol and single barrel gun of Shaqib Siddaqi, pistol of Nigar Begum, pistol of Kaisar Jahan, pistol and rifle of Mohd Sajid. All the arms have been deposited with police.
Ansari’s family has already been told to demolish their hotel Ghazal in Ghazipur city voluntarily by October 15.
SDM (sadar) had ordered its demolition on October 8, telling the owners to demolish the illegally constructed hotel within a week failing which administration would demolish it and claim expenses for it.
Hotel Ghazal, owned by the don’s wife Afsa Ansari and his sons Abbas Ansari and Omar Ansari, is situated in posh Mahuabagh locality.
Besides, irregularities in construction anomalies in land purchase had also been detected.
In the first week of September, the don’s men had themselves demolished an illegally built shopping complex, owned by his wife at Laldarwaja in the main market after getting notice.