Nine persons, including the kin of a Samjawadi Party MlC, were arrested on Saturday for allegedly demolishing shops and houses in Budh Vihar area here and trying to grab the land illegally, police said.
Mohit Yadav, nephew of an MlC belonging to Samajwadi party along with his accomplices reached Budh Vihar and demolished four shops and two houses, Superintendent of police (city) Salman Taj Patil said.
The angry residents threw stones at the alleged land grabbers following which they fled the scene, he said.
An FIR was registered against the accused-Mohit, Prithvi Singh, Jitendra, Gopal, Gajendra, Vikas, Rajeev, Sandeep and Vicky under relevant sections of IPC on the complaint of Meera, a resident of Budh Vihar.
All the accused have been arrested, police said, adding two JCB machines were seized from their possession.
Meanwhile, bypass chowki in-charge Ravindra Yadav was suspended by SSP Dharmendra Singh, for colluding with the land grabbers, Patil said.
The accused, Mohit Yadav is the cousin of Jitendra Yadav, whose son is married to the fourth daughter of RJD chief lalu Yadav and a close relative to the family of Akhilesh Yadav present Chief Minister of UP.
The police said the land grabbers equipped with two bulldozers attempted to grab the land situated in Budh Vihar in Ghaziabad. They started razing the constructed houses and razed four to five houses partially and completely. When they were razing the constructed houses on the plot, the residents informed the police.
“To show the physical possession in the court of law, they razed five fully constructed houses. First they made the plot disputed by filing a case, then they tried to grab the land” said SP City Salman Taj Patil.
The police further say when the police reached the spot and warned them to stop the razing of houses, they confronted with the police. So two complaint cases have been registered against them one by an independent complainant Ms Meera wife of Satya Prakash and one case registered by the police itself for obstructing police officers to perform duty.
After getting the clearance from the top police officers, the Vijay Nagar police arrested nine persons from the spot and seized two bulldozers.
Other eight persons were identified Prathvi Singh, Jitendra son of Man Singh a resident Patwari in Greater Noida, Gopal son of Dhan Pal a resident of Parthala Noida, Gajendra son of Shambhu Singh a resident of Indragarhi, Vikas son of Jageswar a JCB Driver, Rajiv also a JCB driver and Sandeep Jindal.
“On the complaint of Satyvati hey have been booked under section 147, 148, 149, 307, 395, 447, 448 and 7 criminal amendment Act. They would be booked under gangster Act if get bail from court. They all have been arrested. Taking a strict action in the grabbing case, the police post in charge Ravinder Yadav has been suspended.” said SP City Salman Taj Patil.