PRAYAGRAJ, July 29 -- The Prayagraj police on Tuesday attached alleged benami immovable properties worth around Rs.110 crore that they claim were acquired by slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed through proceeds of crime and registered in the name of another person, under the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act. According to the police commissionerate, the attachment order was passed by the police commissioner's court under Section 14(1) of the Gangsters Act in connection with a Gangster Act case registered at Dhoomanganj police station. The attached properties comprise 44 land parcels spread over 5.112668 hectares in Bhiti and Kathula Gauspur villages of Sadar tehsil. The market value of the land has been estimated at nearly Rs.110 crore. Police alleged that Atiq Ahmed had acquired the land using money earned through criminal activities and got it registered in the name of Madan Lal Bhartiya, a resident of Kasari Masari. The police claimed to have found documentary evidence indicating that the transactions were benami in nature. In a communique, police claimed that the land, whose government valuation was around Rs.47 crore, had allegedly been purchased for only Rs.1.365 crore despite being worth several times more. It also noted that 6.5003 hectares of land standing in the name of Madan Lal Bhartiya had earlier been vested in the state government under provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code for alleged violations of revenue laws, they added....