Varanasi: Immovable properties of jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari’s close aide Angad Rai alias Jhullan Rai, purchased in the name of Rai’s close aide Harinarayan Singh Yadav, in Sherpur Khurd of Bhanvarkole and driver Niranjan Prasad Yadav of Lalupur in Mohammadabad were attached by police in Ghazipur district on Sunday. Value of the attached properties were assessed as Rs 10 crore.
SP Ghazipur Omvir Singh said that under the ongoing drive to destroy the economic empire of the gangsters, many properties purchased with illegally earned money by Mukhtar and his gang members, either in their own name or in the name of their close aides, are being detected.
During the same drive it was found that Rai had purchased some plots in the name of Harinarain and Niranjan in September 2014. After collecting all these details, a report was sent to the district magistrate.
The DM ordered the confiscation of these properties under the Gangster Act, he said adding the same order was executed by the police on Sunday.
Angad is currently lodged in jail and a cash reward of Rs 50,000 had been announced by police on him in the past, said the police adding, a total of 22 criminal cases are lodged against him.
SP Ghazipur Omvir Singh said that under the ongoing drive to destroy the economic empire of the gangsters, many properties purchased with illegally earned money by Mukhtar and his gang members, either in their own name or in the name of their close aides, are being detected.
During the same drive it was found that Rai had purchased some plots in the name of Harinarain and Niranjan in September 2014. After collecting all these details, a report was sent to the district magistrate.
The DM ordered the confiscation of these properties under the Gangster Act, he said adding the same order was executed by the police on Sunday.
Angad is currently lodged in jail and a cash reward of Rs 50,000 had been announced by police on him in the past, said the police adding, a total of 22 criminal cases are lodged against him.