PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 27 -- Several bighas of land allegedly acquired by mafioso Atiq Ahmed through benami transactions in the name of one Madan Lal Bhartiya, were attached by the Prayagraj Police on Sunday. Following a public announcement, the Cantonment police team pasted attachment notices on 13 identified plots situated in different areas under the Airport police station limits. During the investigation of a case registered under the Gangsters Act, police found that over 12 acres of land in Gauspur Kathula, Bhiti Asadullapur and Shaha (Peepalgaon) in Sadar tehsil had been purchased in the name of one Madan Lal Bhartiya between 2014 and 2016. The land was allegedly acquired on behalf of Atiq Ahmed. Based on the findings, the court of the then police commissioner, Jogendra Kumar, ordered the attachment of the unnamed properties. Acting on the order, Cantonment SHO Amarnath Rai had earlier attached assets allegedly linked to Atiq Ahmed worth Rs 110 crore. Police said a portion of the land identified as benami property in Madan Lal's name had remained to be attached. On Monday, the Cantonment police, with assistance from revenue officials, completed the attachment process and formally took possession of the remaining land. A pickup truck driver was allegedly robbed at gunpoint by four motorcycle-borne assailants late on Sunday night near Jagbandhanpur village. The incident occurred on the Handia-Kokhraj National Highway under Sahson police outpost. The victim, Shivam Gautam, a resident of Kunda Jamalpur in Pratapgarh, was transporting a consignment of bananas to Varanasi when one of his vehicle's tyres got punctured near the Ring Road cut beyond the Sahson toll plaza. While he was changing the tyre, four men arrived on two motorcycles and allegedly assaulted him. According to the complaint, the assailants threatened him with a pistol, snatched his mobile phone, cash and the vehicle's keys, and fled the scene. When Shivam resisted, he was beaten up and the windshield of his pickup vehicle was damaged. After the attackers escaped, the driver sought help from passersby and informed the police. Sarai Inayat SHO Praveen Kumar Gautam said a case has been registered and efforts are underway to identify the accused with the help of CCTV footage collected from nearby areas. Police teams have been deployed to trace and arrest the suspects. A city resident lost Rs.1.79 lakh after fraudsters allegedly swapped his debit card at an HDFC Bank ATM in the Kalyani Devi area. Police have registered a case and launched an investigation following the victim's complaint. According to Anoop Kapoor of Dariyabad, he had withdrawn Rs.5,000 from the ATM and was about to leave when an unidentified man told him that the transaction had not been properly completed. The man advised him to insert the card again to cancel the transaction. Shortly thereafter, another person entered the ATM kiosk and off- ered assistance. After both men left, Kapoor became suspicious and contacted the bank manager. During verification, it was found that his debit card had been swapped. Although the bank immediately blocked the card, fraudsters had already withdrawn Rs.1.79 lakh from his account. Of the total amount, Rs.1.39 lakh was spent through a Point of Sale (PoS) transaction under the name Mewat Sake, while another Rs.40,000 was withdrawn from an ATM at a Punjab National Bank branch in Meerapur....