India, Aug. 30 -- MEERUT Nine months after his release on bail, former MLA Shahnawaz Rana is again in legal trouble as authorities prepare to confiscate his properties worth Rs.5.39 crore.

Rana was arrested following an attack on a GST team during a raid on his firm, Rana Steel, in Muzaffarnagar. Soon after, another case was filed against him for allegedly evading GST through forged documents. While in jail, he faced yet another case for illegally using a mobile phone and threatening the jail superintendent.

Subsequently, he was shifted to Chitrakoot jail, where a case under Gangster Act was also registered against him. After spending nine months in jail, the former BSP MLA was released on bail on August 23.

According to officials, pol...