Lawyer Who Bought Dawood's Properties In Auction To Establish A School There

Advocate Ajay Shrivastava, a Delhi-based lawyer who became the successful bidder for two of the four ancestral properties belonging to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, said he will establish a school there.

In the auction held on Friday, the two properties in Mumbake village in Khed tehsil of Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district were sold for over Rs 2 crore.

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Shrivastava bid for two properties

The first piece of land bearing survey no. 617 (Hissa No. 13-B), measuring 170.98 square meters, received the highest bid of Rs 2.01 crore, while another piece of land, bearing survey no. 842 (Hissa no. 13-B) and, measuring 1730 square meters, fetched the highest bid of Rs 3.28 lakh against the reserve price of Rs 1,56,270.

Advocate Shrivastava was the successful bidder for both of them, while two more properties that were put up for auction remained unsold.

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Why did he purchase the properties?

While the successful bidder's name was not officially revealed, Shrivastava has acknowledged that he has purchased the two properties.

The lawyer said that he plans to establish a school there in the future.

Shrivastava further revealed that he has already established a 'Sanatan Dharma pathshala' at another luxury property of Dawood, which he purchased in another auction in 2020.

First bid in 2001

He had also bid for a string of shops linked to the underworld don in 2001, which are still caught in a legal tender.

"In 2001, the auction was conducted by the Income Tax Department, but the problem with the department was that they did not offer the possession of the property, and I am still fighting for that in the court. The case is pending in high court. In 2020, I took Ibrahim's bungalow situated in Ratnagiri in the auction, and there I founded Sanatan Pathshala in the line of madrassas. Under the trust, I have built an educational institute there, and its construction will start soon," Srivastava said.

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The properties linked to one of India's most wanted terrorists were seized under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act.

Dawood, the mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, is believed to be living in Pakistan.

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