Demolition Drive At Mafia Vinod Upadhyay's Residence In UP's Gorakhpur, Visuals Surface

Vinod Upadhyay is also a history-sheeter with a total of 25 cases including extortion and attempt to murder registered against him.

File Photo of Mafia Vinod Upadhyay with visual of demolition drive at his residence.

Source : Neeraj Srivastava | ANI

Gorakhpur district administration in Uttar Pradesh is on Saturday carrying out a demolition drive at the residence of Mafia Vinod Upadhyay. Vinod Upadhyay is currently on the run and has a bounty of Rs 50,000. A non-bailable warrant has also been issued against him in the gangster case and the police are actively searching for him and his brother Sanjay Upadhyay. Vinod has 32 cases against him including cases of Attempt to Murder, Arms Act, and Gangster Act. The demolition comes amid police attempts to nab him.

#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur district administration carries out a demolition drive at the residence of mafia Vinod Upadhyay in Gorakhpur.

Upadhyay is currently on the run and has a reward of Rs 50,000 on him. pic.twitter.com/eWfauDRA3W

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) June 17, 2023

#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur district administration to carry out a demolition drive at the residence of Mafia Vinod Upadhyay in Gorakhpur

Vinod Upadhyay is currently on the run and has a bounty of Rs 50,000. pic.twitter.com/2rceM35CEt

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) June 17, 2023

City Superintendent of Police Krishan Bishnoi mentioned that he has 32 cases against him, including four murder cases. "He is on the run for the past few days. He has encroached on the government land here and attempted encroachment on the adjacent plot of land too. He also built his house, worth crores of rupees, here. The property was identified by GDA (Gorakhpur Development Authority) and is being demolished after that. Search for him is underway. The reward announced for his arrest will be increased," he told news agency ANI.

#WATCH | "...He has 32 cases against him, including 4 murder cases...He is on the run for the past few days. He has encroached on the government land here and attempted encroachment on the adjacent plot of land too. He also built his house, worth crores of Rupees, here. The… https://t.co/9VoYqtQ5b9 pic.twitter.com/kHpLq0sr4h

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) June 17, 2023

On May 23, another case of extortion and threatening was registered against Vinod Upadhyay at Gulriha police station on the complaint of Praveen Kumar Srivastava, a resident of Daudpur.

Vinod Upadhyay is amog top 61 mafiamen in Uttar Pradesh. 

In 2014, Vinod was booked under cases of Attempt to Murder, Arms Act, and Gangster Act. He absconded as soon as he was released on bail. 

In the year 2007, Vinod Upadhyay unsuccessfully contested from Gorakhpur city assembly seat on a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ticket. Due to his proximity to BSP general secretary Satish Mishra, he was made party in-charge of Gorakhpur. BSP supremo Mayawati had also organised a rally in his support at that time. 

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