India, Jan. 6 -- A joint team of Gurugram police and the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) had to return without demolishing the house of a gangster in Dhanwapur in Sector 104 on Monday after the family produced a court stay order, officials said.

Police said the property belongs to Sunil Dahiya, alias Tota, 44, who was arrested nearly two months ago by a crime branch team and is currently lodged in Bhondsi jail. Dahiya has at least 34 cases against him pertaining to heinous crimes, including attempted murder and extortion, registered against him at various police stations in Gurugram.

The action was the part of an ongoing drive against the notorious criminals being carried out on directions of the state police headquar...