52 kanals of citizens’ land vacated

Islamabad: The Anti-Land Grabbing Committee has taken effective action against land grabbers during the last three and a half months and got vacated 52 kanal of citizens’ land from occupation of mafia.

Chief Commissioner and IGP Islamabad have ensured several steps including constitution of anti-land grabbing committee comprising officials of Capital police and district administration to resolve land disputes of citizens and take effective action against land mafia.

During the last three and a half months, the committee received 63 applications and it ordered to register 10 FIRs while five persons were arrested and four others had to face action on false complaints.

A total of 52 kanal land was vacated from occupation of land mafia while disputes on 24 complaints were settled after agreements among parties. Police were directed for prompt action on six complaints and ten complaints were termed of civil nature. The remaining nine applications are being reviewed by the committee.

Additional SP Islamabad Farhat Abbass Kazmi said that anti-land grabbing response unit consists of four police officers and 16 ‘jawans’. He said 31 influential persons had to face action under MPO while many faced imprisonment after legal action against them. He said these persons used to sell government property to citizens after preparing fake documents and affidavits.

A total of 2,161 kanal land worth more than Rs2 billion was vacated which was under commercial and residential use of 'Qabza' mafia.