Wakf Board Special Officer Shaik Mohammad Iqbal said that strong evidence of irregularities was found against them.
Wakf Board Special Officer Shaik Mohammad Iqbal on Monday claimed that strong evidences of irregularities had been found against the suspended Mutawallis Faisal Ali Shah and Akbar Nizamuddin.
Speaking to media persons at his office in Haj House in Hyderabad, Iqbal said that the investigations against Faisal Ali Shah, the suspended Mutawalli of Dargah Hazrat Yousufain at Nampally, had been completed.
He said that strong evidences were found against Faisal Ali Shah in the charges of misappropriation of funds and other irregularities. Therefore, the Wakf Board had issued him a show cause notice for his permanent removal as the Mutawalli.
Similarly, proofs of sale of Wakf land were found against Akbar Nizamuddin, the suspended Mutawalli of Dargah Shah Khamosh.
He said that as many as 14 transactions showed direct involvement of Akbar Nizamuddin in the sale of Wakf properties in the Dargah land located in Kannojiguda.
The investigation agency had found that Akbar Nizamuddin himself had withdrawn the sales' proceeds from one of the branches of Andhra Bank.
In Survey Nos. 373 and 376, Akbar Nizamuddin gave a GPA to N. R. Pandu and Rajkumar, authorising them to sell the Wakf lands.
A person named P. Nagesh filed a writ petition, no. 457/87, against Akbar Nizamuddin and N R Pandu stating that they were not registering the land. In response, Akbar Nizamuddin filed a counter affidavit in the court admitting that he had given a GPA to Pandu to sell the land, and therefore, the latter could do the registration.
Similarly, Akbar Nizamuddin gave a GPA to Shiva Prasad Shukla on March 3, 1989, to sell 95,000 sq. yds. of land pertaining to S. Nos. 378, 379, 381 and 386 in Kannojiguda.
Iqbal strongly defended his action against the erring Mutawallis, and said that the court, too, had rejected the petitions filed against the Wakf Board by the Mutawallis to stop the enquiry.
He denied allegations of targeting a specific group of people. He said that he was doing his job of protection and restoration of Wakf properties in the State. (INN)