MEERUT, Feb. 5 -- The Shahjahanpur district administration has ordered the attachment of assets worth Rs.4.49 crore belonging to dismissed district social welfare officer Rajesh Kumar, the alleged kingpin of the 2023 old-age pension scam, officials said.

The order, issued by district magistrate Dharmendra Pratap Singh under Section 14(1) of the Gangsters Act on Wednesday, also covers properties registered in the names of Kumar's wife and son.

The movable assets to be attached include three SUVs registered in the name of Kumar's son, while the immovable properties include agricultural land in village Ataria under Sidhauli tehsil in Sitapur district; a building constructed on 120.817 square metres of land at Para Ring Road in Lucknow, reg...