Irfan Solanki’s uncle held for ‘grabbing’ plot

Kanpur: Police on Tuesday arrested Ishtiaq Solanki, uncle of jailed Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Irfan Solanki. Ishtiaq is accused of grabbing a plot. Police arrested him after an investigation.
Naseem Arif, a resident of Beconganj Kanghi Mohal area of the city, had lodged an FIR against SP MLA Irfan Solanki, his uncle Ishtiaq Solanki, brother Rizwan Solanki and their aides Asif Dalal, Shabbir Hussain, Abdul Moid and 15-16 unknown persons at the Jajmau police station on December 6, 2022.
Naseem had stated in the complaint that the SP MLA Irfan, his uncle and brother and others had forcibly occupied 200 square yards of his 500 square metre of plot in the Jajmau area. When he resisted, Rizwan had thrashed him severely at a gunpoint. He filed a complaint, but the police did not register an FIR, he alleged.
"When Irfan was sent to jail, he (Arif) had lodged an FIR at the Jajmau police station against him (Irfan), his uncle Ishtiaq, brother Rizwan and others for land grab, assault and death threats," he added.
Joint commissioner of police (JCP) Anand Prakash Tiwari said that Jajmau police after probing the matter found the allegations to be true. "Subsequently, Ishtiaq was arrested. He will be sent to jail after being produced in the court," he added.