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UP Police attaches plot of former BSP MLA Yakoob Qureshi’s son

09:13 AM Mar 29, 2023 | PTI |

The police here have attached a plot worth Rs 3 crore belonging to Firoz Qureshi, son of former BSP legislator Yakoob Qureshi, under the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters Act, officials said Tuesday.

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Superintendent of Police (Rural) Anirudh Singh said a case was registered against Yakoob Qureshi under the UP Gangsters Act, and his properties are being attached following the orders of the district administration.

On Tuesday, the 17-bigha plot belonging to Qureshi’s son Firoz in Pipli Kherha village under Kharkhauda police station. The land is worth Rs 3 crore, Singh said.

He added that so far properties worth Rs 24 crore belonging to Yakoob Qureshi have been attached A case was registered against Yakoob Qureshi and his family members last year for alleged illegal packaging of meat inside a meat factory in Kharkhauda police station area of Meerut, owned by Yakoob Qureshi.

On March 31, 2022, police had raided the meat factory. A case was registered against 17 people, including Yakoob Qureshi, his wife Sanjida Beghum, sons Firoz and Imran.

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The family members of Yakoob Qureshi were booked under the Gangsters Act in November 2022.

Both the sons of Yakoob Qureshi are currently out on bail, police said.

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