LAGATAR24 NETWORK
Ranchi, Aug.22: Accused of attempting to grab retired Supreme Court Justice M.Y Eqbal’s land, Shahnawaz Ali alias Kanja Gaddi, today surrendered before the court of judicial magistrate Kamlesh Behra.
Gaddi, who has been absconding, turned up before the court after Lower Bazar police station officials knocked the court door for an order to attach his property. He surrendered before the court could pass an order.
The other accused in this case are already in jail.
The development took place after the Jharkhand High Court took suo moto cognizance in the matter after it came into its knowledge on June 26 through media reports explaining how goons in the presence of police officials made the attempt in broad daylight.
A division bench comprising Justice S Chandrashekhar and Justice Ratnakar Bhengra sought answers from the Ranchi SSP and the Home Department.
Havaldar Zainul Ansari, who was deputed for the maintenance of the land in Lower Bazar police station, had registered an FIR in this matter. It has been said in the FIR that Junaid Raj Pappu brought 20-25 unknown people and labourers with him and started breaking the wall built on the land of the late judge.
These people broke the wall from the front. Meanwhile, the Lower Bazar police station reached the spot, and then all the people ran away from the spot. Only laborers were present on the spot.
