PRAYAGRAJ: A joint team of Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA), police and administrative officials demolished an
illegal house
owned by history-sheeter Ganesh Yadav in Jhunsi area of the city on Saturday.
Yadav has dozens of cases registered against him in several police stations of the district including Jhunsi and Sarai Inayat.
“The two-storey building was constructed on an area of around 700 square yard and the
bungalow
was around Rs 13-14 crore. This the 38th demolition drive undertaken by PDA,” said zonal officer Sat Shukla.
“We have inputs that the land, on which the building was constructed could be illegal and have started a probe. If the land does not belong to Yadav, it would be reinstated to its actual owner. If the property belonged to Yadav, it could be attached under the provisions of
Gangster Act
,” said Shukla.