The police-administration took major action in the stone pelting and riot case in Chhatarpur City Kotwali of Madhya Pradesh. On Thursday, the police-administration team demolished the luxurious mansion of Haji Shahzad Ali, the main accused in the stone pelting case and former district vice president of Congress. The administration claims that this mansion was built on about 20 thousand square feet of land without permission. Shahzad had spent more than 10 crore rupees to build his dream house on the lines of the mansion in the Bollywood film ‘Sanam Bewafa’. The construction work of the mansion was going on since 2017. At present, the housewarming had not taken place. The administration also demolished Shahzad’s house adjacent to the newly built mansion and the house of his councilor brother Azad Ali. During this action, three cars, two scooters and two bikes kept in the house were crushed by a bulldozer.
In fact, on last Wednesday, angry with the objectionable remarks of Maharashtra’s Ramgiri Maharaj, about 400 people from the Muslim community reached the City Kotwali police station to submit a memorandum. During this, the mob led by former District Vice President of Congress Shahzad Ali and Nagar Palika Councilor Azad Ali started rioting and pelting stones in the police station.
In this incident, two police constables including station in-charge Arvind Kujur were injured. This matter reached the capital Bhopal and Chief Minister Mohan Yadav directed the higher officials to take strict action against the accused. After this, the police registered a case under the Riot Act against 150 people including 50 named accused. The FIR also includes the main accused Shahzad’s sons Sonu Khan and Monu Khan, along with Azad’s son Inayat Khan.
Chhatarpur police administration demolished the 20 thousand square feet mansion of former district vice president of Congress Haji Shahzad Ali and his brother Congress councilor Azad Ali, who were playing a major role in this incident, in 6 hours using four bulldozers. Police has estimated the value of the mansion to be Rs 10 crore.
This mansion was built in Mastan Shah Baba Colony in an area of more than 11 thousand square feet. It was claimed that Shahzad Ali, inspired by the mansion shown in the Bollywood film ‘Sanam Bewafa’, built this mansion with his illegal earnings. Currently, he lived in his ancestral house built near the mansion and was going to move into the house soon.
The construction of the mansion was going on for 7 years
Shahzad Ali’s mansion was being built since 2017. Expensive materials were being used in it. According to the officials of the Revenue Department, Shahzad Ali had built a mansion in about 20 thousand square feet, the cost of which is estimated to be more than Rs 10 crore. More construction work was yet to be done. According to sources, Shahzad Ali does property dealing and is also involved in other businesses including illegal plotting.
7 vehicles including 2 safari cars shattered
Not only this, the household goods kept inside the house along with two Tata Safari cars, another four wheeler, a Bullet and two scooters were crushed by the bulldozer. See the statement of District SP Agam Jain:-
District officials said that before running the bulldozer, the municipality had informed the concerned person and had issued an order to vacate the house within 2 hours. But no one removed the belongings, that is why the administration team razed the entire house to the ground along with the belongings.
Under the direction of the Chief Minister of the state, strict action was taken by the Chhatarpur district administration against the accused in the case of stone pelting on the Kotwali police. The building constructed without permission was demolished. @DrMohanYadav51 @CMMadhyaPradesh @JansamparkMP @mohdept #JansamparkMP pic.twitter.com/BzuLITqwEd
— Collector Chhatarpur (@collchhatarpur) August 22, 2024
Crowd was also called from UP
Shahzad Ali and Azad Ali had gathered a crowd in Chhatarpur to protest against the alleged objectionable remarks made by Maharashtra’s Sant Ramgiri Maharaj on Islam. On the pretext of giving a memorandum to the crowd of more than 400 Muslims, both the brothers took them to the police station, where they created a ruckus and pelted stones. If sources are to be believed, people were called from Mahoba and Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh bordering the district to give the memorandum. At present, the police is investigating the entire matter.
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A procession of the arrested accused was taken out
On the other hand, the police arrested 20 accused who pelted stones at the Chhatarpur Kotwali police station. A procession of the arrested accused was taken out in the market. All the accused walking in the procession were seen saying- ‘Police is our father-committing crime is a sin.’ A case has been registered against these accused under the SC/ST Act for obstruction in government work, rioting, attempt to murder. Watch Video:-
IG said- will not spare other accused as well
Sagar Police Inspector General Pramod Kumar Verma said that in the initial investigation, local miscreants are being identified. Investigation is going on. No one will be spared. Strict action will be taken against the accused. At the same time, Sagar Divisional Commissioner Virendra Kumar Rawat said that Haji Shahzad Ali had built a mansion illegally. The houses of other accused are also being investigated. Action will be taken if anything illegal is found.
Political rhetoric intensifies
Politics has also intensified over the Chhatarpur case. Congress Rajya Sabha MP Imran Pratapgarhi tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on ‘X’ and wrote, “Is this justice? In Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, the administration not only demolished Haji Shahzad’s house but also bulldozed the vehicles parked in the house. Are your governments running as per the Constitution? Is your Chief Minister not crushing your slogan of ‘Sabka Saath-Sabka Vikas’ under the bulldozer?”
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh BJP state president and Khajuraho MP VD Sharma said, goons and criminals who create terror will not be able to operate in Chhatarpur. The police administration will destroy such people. The accused will not be spared.
This is not tolerable at all: CM Yadav
Earlier, on getting information about the incident, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav wrote on ‘X’, ”Today, an unfortunate incident took place in Chhatarpur district in which on getting information about some policemen getting injured, I immediately got information about the incident from the senior officials and gave instructions for proper treatment of the jawans. Madhya Pradesh is a ‘state of peace’, anyone taking the law in their hands in a planned manner will not be tolerated at all. I have given clear instructions to the senior police officials to identify the culprits soon and take strict action so that such an incident does not recur in the future. Our priority is to maintain peace and harmony in the state.”