In a major operation carried out by the Nagpur police and Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), eleven houses belonging to the notorious gangster Abu alias Feroz Khan and his relatives were razed to the ground in Tajbagh area on Sunday. Abu, who has been involved in over 40 cases of murder, assault, robbery, and possession of arms, has been a source of fear and terror for the people in the city. The demolition was executed in heavy police bandobast to ensure that the operation was carried out smoothly. Earlier, the encroached bungalow of another notorious gangster, Santosh Ambekar, was also brought down by the city police and NMC in a joint operation.

 

An NMC official said that the Enforcement Department of NMC also demolished several commercial buildings which were illegally constructed on the site of Hazrat Baba Tajuddin Trust at Taj Bagh. Farukh Ghafur Sheikh, Abu Aziz Khan, Wasim Khan, and Amjad Aziz Khan were involved in these illegal constructions, resulting in the complete demolition of the commercial blocks. Abu, who rose to become a notorious smuggler of the city in past 20 years, has been in jail since June 2022, after being arrested in Bhandara for his involvement in various criminal activities. His empire of terror and illegal activities in the Tajbagh area has caused fear among the residents for over four decades. Under the guidance of Assistant Commissioner of Enforcement Dept Harish Raut, AC Nehru Nagar Zone Ghanshyam Pandhre, NMC official Sanjay Kamble, the action was made by Vinod Kokarde, Bhaskar Malwe, Pralad patil and others.