CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur. Deoband, District Magistrate Manish Bansal took major action today and registered a case in Deoband police station in the case of land mafia illegally occupying more than three bighas of government land near Bhaila railway gate in the town of Deoband in Saharanpur district and selling it to people through deeds, doing plotting and 26 people living in houses by building them. Bajrang Dal youth leader Vikas Tyagi had recently complained to DM Dr. Dinesh Chandra on the basis of facts in this case. He had ordered the concerned officials to investigate. But the pace of investigation was very slow and the attitude was very indecisive. When the attention of the new District Magistrate Manish Bansal was drawn towards this, he got the investigation completed by the Consolidation Department within a week. DM Manish Bansal appointed ADM Judicial Ramesh Yadav for the investigation work. CO Consolidation Dharamdev prepared an investigation report with facts and evidence and sent it to the higher authorities. The investigation revealed very shocking and widespread corruption cases that how in the last few years, land mafias in Deoband, with the help of political and administrative collusion and hooliganism, illegally occupied Khasra number 606 near Bhaila gate in Deoband, which is recorded as Gram Samaj land in the records, whose area is three bighas, and plotted it. In the investigation, 26 people are living on this government land by building proper houses. The administration intends to free this land from occupation and demolish the illegal construction. CO Deoband Ashok Sisodia said that Deoband Kotwali Police has registered a case against 26 people under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 447 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act 1984. Those who were found to have illegal possession of this land include Aamil Khan, Sufi Aqeel, Ziaur Rahman, Irshad, Dilshad, Bano wife of Mir Ahmed, Nawazis, Danish, Shamina wife of Kallu, Musaidda, Dilshad Khan, Danish son of Mohammad Umar and Sariq etc. The rest of the people are unidentified. The police will identify and name them. In this case, SDM Deoband and Tehsildar Deoband were also assigned the task of investigation. Since this matter was related to the Consolidation Department, the investigation and action in it was done by the Settlement Officer Consolidation. In the FIR registered in this case, Tehsil Deoband has been instructed to send its report against illegal construction so that action for cancellation of these plots can be started. In the police report, illegal construction and occupation was found by illegal occupants in Gata number 606.

CO Deoband Ashok Sisodia said that the police will soon take effective action after factual investigation of the entire matter. On this action, Hindu organizations have praised the honesty and administrative firmness of the new District Magistrate Manish Bansal. Bajrang Dal leader Vikas Tyagi says that the working style of the new District Magistrate has created fear among land mafias and dishonest people. The laxity that was prevalent in administrative work regarding such cases in the past has also changed.