PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 21 -- The Tehsil-level 'Anti-Land Mafia Task Force' has identified six alleged associates of slain mafiosi Atiq Ahmed as land mafia and submitted its report to district magistrate Manish Kumar Verma.

The names will be placed before the district-level committee for approval and further action in its upcoming meeting, officials confirmed.

The action follows recent directives issued by the DM to include individuals in the land mafia list who have been involved in illegal land encroachments and disputed property dealings across multiple locations.

The Tehsil-level committee, headed by SDM (Sadar) Abhishek Kumar Singh, has recommended declaring Mohd Muslim, Mohd Imran, Mohd Zeeshan, Khalid Zafar, Jai Prakash Dubey, and Fahee...