Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's clear stance towards mafia once again became public on Thursday when he not only got a property freed from illegal possession in an hour but also warned the officers.
During a Janata Darshan programme at the Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur, one Rajendra Yadav of Khoa Mandi locality, complained to the chief minister about the illegal possession by a land mafia on his land.
"The land was registered in my name in 1983 and it was in our occupancy since then. However, a land mafia got the land illegally registered in his name and also demolished the house on it by misleading officials," Rajendra informed the chief minister.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath not only lined-up the officials, but to the surprise of everyone present there, he said, "I remember that about 10 years back I myself went there and after getting the house vacated, Rajendra was given the possession. How come the mafia was again given the possession without examining the facts and the house was demolished?"
Following the direction from the chief minister, the officials of the district administration, police and Revenue department reached the spot with a JCB and demolished the under- construction house within an hour.
It may be mentioned here that the chief minister met about 200 people during the Janata Darshan programme on Thursday morning and listened to their complaints. Besides assuring the people of speedy redressal, he also directed the officials to take necessary action.