29 shops razed in stronghold region of Irani community

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29 shops razed in stronghold region of Irani community

Sunday, 29 November 2020 | Staff Reporter | Bhopal

In a joint effort by district administration, BMC and police, encroached land worth over `100 crore was razed under presence of massive police force on Saturday. 29 shops were razed in the action in stronghold region of the Irani community.

Notorious area ‘Irani Dera’ had remained in the focus for all wrong reasons and have been involved in criminal activities for long. The police have always faced stiff opposition in taking action and nabbed the accused from Irani Dera.

The 29 shops were operated by Waqar and Danny Irani which were on rent and from which they used to collect rent which runs in lakhs of rupees.

The encroachers lost case in HC which delivered against them in the year 2017 and expensive land was ordered to be evacuated by the Irani community people dwelling on the land illegally.

Over 500 policemen were deployed in the action to raze shops made on encroached land.

In the past, police and administration have shied from razing encroached and

removing encroachers and taking cognizance over the recent attack on the policemen administration came down heavily.

In a case of fraud at Khurai, District Sagar, in which gold worth about `7 lakh rupees was stolen from Bag in the name of checking by 3-4 people, on which, a case was registered under section 420 and 34 in Khurai was recorded.

The CCTV footage obtained in the incident revealed the motorcycle number of Iranians from Bhopal, based on which the

Khurai police and Gandhinagar, Chhola and Nishatpura police stations of Bhopal raided Irani Dera for the arrest of the accused and the police team raided the house of the accused Rizwan but  the police were attacked by women of Irani Dera.

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