The Ghaziabad municipal company is about to take motion in opposition to a former councillor, Haji Khaleel, for allegedly encroaching on land in Ghaziabad’s Kaila Bhatta, officers conscious of the matter stated.
In accordance to officers, the land is situated at Kaila Bhatta which is behind the New Bus Adda metro station in Ghaziabad.
Khaleel was reportedly the councillor of Kaila Bhatta for 2 phrases in 1995 and 2005.
Nitin Gaur, municipal commissioner, stated, “The land chunk quantity 213 is about 23000 sq. metres and estimated valuation is about ₹50 crore. This got here to mild upon a criticism acquired every week in the past and our property division officers additionally inspected the land. It homes a Masjid, a Madarsa, a junior highschool and parking areas, amongst others. We’ve got initiated motion in this regard and are in the method of giving a criticism to the police for lodging an FIR.”
“Other than the police criticism, we may also take up ‘Munadi’ (announcement) on Sunday and can begin eviction proceedings three days later. We’ve got reiterated that there’ll be no motion in opposition to the Masjid,” Gaur added.
Whereas alternatively, Haji Khaleel, denies any position in the encroachment and claims that he’s solely related to 750 sq. yards of the land, which is in the identify of his father.
“In 2017, I used to be appointed as a supervisor of a registered committee which had been working the Madarsa and different institutions, which included Masjid, parking house and so on., on the land. The chairperson of the committee, Farukh, who goes by his first identify, used to accumulate hire from a few of the godowns on the land and has requested me to observe the identical. Nonetheless, I denied it and determined to shut down the Madarsa and a junior highschool. In 2021, I stepped down from the place of supervisor as I used to be in opposition to the malpractices,” he stated, including that in 2022, the Indian railways served three notices to the committee to vacate the land.
He stated that he has submitted all three notices by the railways and the doc associated to the committee to the company officers.
“Offended over the developments, Farukh just lately complained in opposition to me and alleged that I encroached on the land. The company is free to take their land and I’ve no position in any form of encroachment,” Khaleel added.
In the meantime, Nipun Agarwal, deputy commissioner of police, stated that they’ll examine up if the criticism by the company has been submitted but or not.
“We’ll take appropriate motion as soon as the criticism is acquired,” DCP added.
