Land Worth Rs 150 Cr Freed From Mafia In Ghaziabad

The Ghaziabad administration on December 13 freed five acres of land worth nearly Rs 150 crore from the clutches of the mafia in a village here, officials said.

District Magistrate Ritu Maheshwari said the land, belonging to the Land Management Committee (LMC) and the Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam, was freed during an anti-land mafia drive launched in Akbarpur Bahrampur village.

A team of district administration and nagar nigam officials headed by Sub-Divisional Magistrate Prem Ranjan Singh freed the land from the clutches of mafia with the help of the police.

A total of 72 FIRs (first information reports) have been lodged in the city against land grabbers till today.

With inputs from Housing News