After the seizure of properties worth crores of rupees, the police demolished former Bahujan Samaj Party MLC and mining mafia Haji Iqbal's house in New Bhagat Singh Colony under Janakpuri police station of Saharanpur.
In May 2022, Rs 21 crore worth property belonging to Haji Iqbal but in the name of his associate was seized by the Saharanpur police under provisions of the Gangsters Act. On May 12, Iqbal's son, Alishan, was apprehended in a joint operation by the Saharanpur police crime branch and Mirzapur police from Lajpat Nagar area of Delhi. He was arrested under the Gangsters Act and a Fortuner car was also recovered from him. Alishan was later taken to Behat Kotwali police station of Saharanpur.
Several cases have been registered against Haji Iqbal's family in connection with land fraud and other charges.
An associate of the former BSP MLC, Rao Laik, and his servant, Naseem, are already in jail in Mirzapur.
Apart from Haji Iqbal's associate and servant, his sons Javed, Wajid and Afzal are also allegedly involved in many cases of fraud and are still absconding.
Iqbal was a Bahujan Samaj Party MLC from 2010 to 2016.
In a joint operation of the police and the Revenue department in May, an alleged illegal property worth Rs 21 crore was confiscated under the Gangsters Act, according to local officials in Saharanpur. The property was registered in the name of Naseem, Iqbal's servant.
The then Senior Superintendent of Police Akash Tomar had said that Iqbal was involved in grabbing government and non-government land and properties, smuggling wood, illegal mining and threatening people.
Iqbal registered the properties in the names of his aides, friends and family members.
The SSP added that the mining baron had amassed a huge amount of wealth and purchased a number of properties in Behat area of Saharanpur.
In another development in the same case, Iqbal's associate Amit Jain alias Dadu wrote a letter to the district administration that he no longer had any business relationship with Haji Iqbal. He accused Iqbal and his family members of forgery.
A case was also registered against the former BSP MLC, Mahmood Ali, Jagjit Singh and Naseem on the basis of Amit's complaint.
