This story is from September 17, 2021

2 Ytl absconders arrested from Tirupati Balaji temple

2 Ytl absconders arrested from Tirupati Balaji temple
Yavatmal: Cops succeeded in nabbing absconding land mafia Anant alias Banty Jaiswal (44) and his close associate Gopal Bhakhtiyar (62) from the Tirupati Balaji temple in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday night. The duo was brought to Yavatmal and produced before the court on Thursday afternoon, which granted PCR for Banty till September 20 and MCR for Gopal.
Addressing an emergency press conference in his office on Thursday evening, SP Dr Dilip Patil Bhujbal said he received a tip-off regarding the duo hiding in Balaji Tirupati temple in AP.
He immediately set up a seven-member SIT under the leadership of additional SP Khandewar Dharne to probe the case of land grabbing, illegal handling of weapons and other illegal activities of Banty Jaiswal and his gang.
The city police have filed FIR against them under various sections of IPC and the Arms Act. Awadhootwadi police too had registered an FIR against the duo under various. However, the cops sent to nab the duo could not trace them.
“On September 14, I received a tip-off that the absconders are hiding in Tirupati Balaji temple,” Bhujbal said, adding that the SIT decided to send APIs Amol Puri and Gajanan Karewad, and a squad of cops to Tirupati. The team succeed in nabbing the duo from the temple premises and brought them to the city.
On Thursday, the court granted PCR for Banty, a resident of Choti Gujari, till September 20 and MCR for Gopal, a resident of Shashtri Nagar.
The police acted against Sumit Bajoria, Banty Jaiswal and his associates after they tried to trespass on land possessed by ex-MLA Vijayatai Jambuwantrao Dhote. Irked by the act, Dhote’s daughters, Kranti and Jwala, launched an anti-land mafia movement and asked the public to bring forward their grievances against Sumit, Banty and his associates. A number of aggrieved residents started filing FIRs against the gang, leading to the cops taking action against the mafia.
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