GHAZIABAD: District police said 13 criminals have been booked under the Gangster Act this year and properties worth around Rs 600 crore have been confiscated.
Ghaziabad police have also prepared a dossier of 9,527 criminals who are active in the district for the past 10 years. This dossier will be sent to the administration for the implementation of the Gangster Act upon them.
A senior police officer said, “We are making a separate list of top hundred criminals booked for murder, loot, snatching, burglary and other crimes.”
This year, Ghaziabad police registered 133 cases under the Gangster Act and booked 499 other people. Police have also taken action against 718 people under the Goonda Act. According to the officers, strict action against Ravi alias Avinash, Subhash Yadav, Krishnapal Yadav, Gourav Rana, Brijesh Alias Hanuman has sent a strong message to anti-social elements in the district.
Ravi has been smuggling liquor from Haryana and Punjab to different districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. More than 24 cases have been registered against him in Ghaziabad and other cities of the state. On May 9, police attached his two properties worth Rs 6 crore – one guesthouse in Indrapuri and the other a plot of 175 sqm in Modinagar under Section 14 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986.
On September 18, the Ghaziabad police attached the property of Subhash Yadav and his son Monish Yadav, both dreaded criminals who were allegedly found involved in several cases of attempt to murder, cheating and extortion. More than 14 cases have been registered against Subhash while over seven cases have been registered against his son in Ghaziabad, Delhi and other NCR cities. “We have attached their property worth Rs 2.75 crore in Kaushambi under Section 14 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986,” said police.