Bank deposits, valuables of gangsters seized in Jaunpur

Varanasi: In the ongoing drive against gangsters in Varanasi zone, the police in Jaunpur district confiscated the bank deposits, vehicles and other properties of hooch manufacturers, suppliers, people engaged in cattle smuggling and gambling worth over Rs 4.50 crores on Wednesday.
ADG Varanasi zone Brij Bhushan said the Jaunpur cops initiated major action of confiscation against the gangs involved in hooch manufacturing as bank deposits and other articles of Rs 4.31 crores had been confiscated by targeting the members of only one gang of hooch manufacturers.Besides, the people booked under Gangster Act for generating wealth by indulging in cattle smuggling also remained on the target, he said.
Providing details of the action initiated in the district on Wednesday, SP Jaunpur Ashok Kumar said, “A gang of hooch manufacturers had been busted recently by Singramau cops by arresting Dhananjay Yadav, Manoj Yadav, Ankit Upadhyaya, Pankaj Singh, Dinesh Yadav and their kingpin Prateek Singh. They had been booked under section 419, 420, 467, 468, 272, 120B of IPC and 60, 63 of Excise Act while they were also booked under 3(1) of UP Gangster Act.”
This gang has been involved in hooch manufacturing for long time, he said adding, they used to supply the hooch even to licenced shops for sale and had generated huge wealth in past few years. After collecting details of their bank deposits and other properties, the cops seized over Rs 4crores from five bank accounts of Prateek only, he said adding, apart from it SUVs of Dhananjay, Manish and Ankit of around of Rs 20 lakhs, Pankaj’s land and bank deposits of around Rs 6 lakhs and Dinesh’s bank deposits were also seized.
Kumar further informed, “Another hooch trader Rita Jaiswal, who was also booked under Gangster Act, also faced the action of confiscation of as a pickup van and a motorcycle of over Rs six lakhs were seized.”
Cattle smugglers Naushad and Niyaz and a gambler Suresh Sonekar also faced similar action as their vehicles of over Rs 6 lakhs were seized, said Kumar adding, the drive against the gangsters indulged in organised crime and generating increasing their wealth will continue in the district.
Before this, action was taken in Varanasi zone especially against the relatives and henchmen of the jailed mafia don and MLA Mukhtar Ansari for past one and half month.