VARANASI, June 14 -- Police have attached property worth Rs.23.42 crore of mafia-turned-politician Ramakant Yadav in village Basahi Asarafpur in Mahul area of Azamgarh. Yadav is a Samajwadi Party MLA from Phoolpur Pawai in the district.

In a statement, the Azamgarh police said a police team led by superintendent of police (Rural) Chirag Jain and another team of revenue officials took the action under Section 14(1) of the Gangster Act on the orders of district magistrate Ravindra Kumar-II.

On the instructions of senior superintendent of police (SSP) Hemraj Meena, the police team reached Mahul and attached the land said to be worth about Rs.23.41 crore. The SSP confirmed the development.

The police claimed Yadav bought the land using mon...