Overview

• District administration, police and municipal teams brought down the Kokta Hathaikheda property after declaring it an illegal structure on state land.
• The three-storey house spanned about 15,000 square feet with roughly 30 rooms, carrying an estimated market value of around Rs 20–30 crore.
• About 250 police personnel and hundreds of civic and revenue staff secured the site during an hours-long operation, according to officials.
• The move comes after July arrests of Shahwar Machhli and his nephew Yasin, when the Crime Branch reported seizing three grams of mephedrone and a country-made pistol.
• The family is contesting the action in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, alleging improper notice and disputing the government’s ownership claim over the land.