Varanasi: Continuing action against jailed mafia don and four times former MLA Vijay Mishra under Gangster Act, a team of Bhadohi police and district administration on Tuesday attached a plot worth Rs 23.2 crore purchased by him in Prayagraj district in the name of his daughter and granddaughter with illegally earned money.Providing details of Tuesdays action, SP Bhadohi Meenakshi Katyayan said under the ongoing drive to hit the economic empire of mafia and gangsters, a 0.773 hectare plot worth Rs 23.2 crore purchased with illegally earned money by Mishra in the name of his daughter Sima Mishra and granddaughter Vaishnavi came to light in Pattidhina Lalapur under Phoolpur police station in Prayagraj district.Following investigation by police, a report had been forwarded to district magistrate Bhadohi, said Katyayan, adding that taking note of this, the DM issued order to confiscate this property under Gangster Act.To execute the order, a team of Bhadohi police and land revenue department officials reached Prayagraj on Tuesday and with the cooperation of local police, they have completed the process of attachment.The assets of Vijay Mishra, his family members, relatives and gang members have been under lens for almost three years. Currently lodged in Agra jail with 83 criminal cases including of murder, loot, kidnapping, rape, fraud, extortion, property grabbing and others against him, Mishra had been recently awarded 15-year imprisonment in a gang rape case.We also published the following articles recentlyNational Herald case: ED says it has attached assets worth Rs 751.9 crore in money laundering probe; Congress hits backThe Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth Rs 751.9 crore in connection with a money laundering probe against the National Herald newspaper. The agency has issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against the newspapers publisher, Associated Journals Ltd. The investigation revealed that the company is in possession of proceeds of crime in the form of immovable properties and Young India is in possession of proceeds of crime in the form of investment in equity shares of the publisher. Congress leaders have criticized the seizure, calling it a tactic to divert attention.Haryana spurious liquor case: Gangster Monu Rana produced in court; Ambala police demolish illegal factoryGangster Shamsher Singh, also known as Monu Rana, has been brought from jail to face charges related to a hooch tragedy in Haryana that claimed 20 lives. Monu Rana is wanted by the police in connection with the case and will be interrogated to determine his involvement. Three more accused persons have also been produced in court, and the police have arrested a total of 18 people in connection with the incident so far. The district police have also taken action, demolishing an illegal liquor factory as a deterrent measure.NIA attaches terror operatives assets in PoonchThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached the properties of Mohammad Yaseen, a terrorist associated with the banned organization Tehreek Ul Mujahideen (TuM). Yaseen, who is currently undergoing trial in a UAPA case, was arrested in December 2020 with a cache of arms, ammunition, and explosives. The NIA, following the order of a court, has attached Yaseens immovable properties located in his village in Jammu.

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