The Saharanpur police on Tuesday attached a bungalow owned by absconding former Bahujan Samaj Occasion (BSP) MLC Haji Iqbal ‘Bala’, in Lucknow. The property, situated within the metropolis’s Gomti Nagar space, was stated to be value ₹6.5 crore.
Haji Iqbal, 58, who has been booked in over 45 instances of unlawful mining, land seize, fraud and different crimes, has remained elusive since April 8, 2022. His 4 sons– Abdul Wajid, Javed Mohd, Afzal and Alishan–and brother Mahmood Ali, additionally a former MLC, are presently lodged in jails in numerous felony instances.
Sharing additional particulars, Saharanpur senior superintendent of police (SSP) Vipin Tanda stated Haji Iqbal was wished in a number of instances, together with one registered beneath the Gangster Act on the Mirzapur police station.
He stated the bungalow in Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar was seized beneath the provisions of the Gangster Act. He stated properties value ₹500 crore of the previous MLC and his members of the family in Lucknow, Saharanpur and Gautam Budh Nagar had been attached to this point.