Mafia Assets Worth Rs 1,128 Crore Attached Since January 2020: UP Police

Among the key anti-social elements, 102 FIRs were lodged and 110 gang members of mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is currently in a Banda jail, arrested during the period, police said.

The Uttar Pradesh Police has lodged 5,558 FIRs under the Gangsters Act from January 2020 till April 2021 and attached ill-gotten properties worth around Rs 1,128 crore belonging to mafias and their gang members, according to official data. Action has been taken under the Gangsters Act against 22,259 alleged criminals, including those belonging to the gangs of Mukhtar Ansari, Ateeq Ahmed and Sundar Bhati, during the period, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said. The ill-gotten properties have been attached under Section 14(1) of the Gangsters Act, which allows attachment of illegal properties, in order to effectively curb gangsters, mafias and criminals and their associates, the officer said. "A total of 25 mafias have been identified across the state since January 2020 till April 2021. During this period, 5,558 FIRs were lodged under the Gangsters Act and action taken against 22,259 criminals, with the police attaching their ill-gotten properties, both movable and immovable, worth over Rs 1,128 crore," according to a police statement.