SRINAGAR, Jun 4: An illegally constructed three-storey residential structure belonging to a drug peddler was on Thursday demolished here, police said.
Srinagar Police, in coordination with the Revenue Department, demolished the structure belonging to drug peddler Sheikh Tasaduq, at Mumkhan Mohalla in Rainawari, a police spokesman said.
The residential structure was valued at Rs two crore, the spokesman said. He said the action is part of the police’s sustained crackdown against drug trafficking and narcotics-related crimes under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyaan.
The accused is involved in multiple NDPS cases registered at Awantipora and Budgam, the spokesman said.
He said Tasaduq’s spouse, Sheikh Maroofa, is also involved in an NDPS case registered at Pulwama.
During a comprehensive inquiry and verification of the assets owned and possessed by the accused, it was established that the three-storeyed concrete structure had been raised over encroached state land and was allegedly constructed from proceeds generated through illicit narcotics trafficking, the spokesman said.
The action has also resulted in the recovery of valuable government land worth crores of rupees from illegal occupation, he added.
The investigation has also found that the property constituted illegally acquired assets and represented the financial gains derived from unlawful narcotics activities, apart from being an unauthorised encroachment on state land, the spokesman said.
Upon completion of all requisite legal formalities and in accordance with due process of law, the structure was demolished in the presence of the revenue authorities, he added.
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