Uttar Pradesh: Shopping complex owned by gangster Dilip Mishra razed

PRAYAGRAJ: A team of Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA), district officials and police started the process of demolishing a three-storey hostel-cum-shopping complex, allegedly constructed and owned by gangster Dilip Mishra on Mirzapur road in trans- Yamuna area.
Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) zonal officer Sat Shukla told TOI, “The shopping complex cum hostel had been constructed on a 300 square metre area without getting a map sanctioned by the civic agency.The cost of the house is estimated to be around worth crores of rupees.”
He further added that the demolition work started after compilation of the records and orders. He said that the demolition drive was conducted by a joint team of Prayagraj Development Authority, administrative officials and the police. Heavy police ‘bandobast’ was made to deal with any protest or disruption, officials said.
Meanwhile, officials of PDA, and police were shocked during the exercise when a man carrying a licensed weapon reached the site of demolition demanding to stop the exercise.
The police, however, detained the man for quizzing. A senior cop said we are interrogating man who reached the site with licensed weapon and a case would be registered in this connection. The police would also go for the cancellation of arms license of the holder, he said.