Overview

• The district administration demolished a three‑storey, 15,000 sq ft mansion with about 30 rooms that officials say was built on government land and valued at roughly Rs 25–30 crore.
• The operation in Ward No. 62 deployed around 250 police personnel and some 300 municipal and revenue staff, with the teardown lasting about five and a half hours.
• Authorities say the action follows a July 30 drive that razed illegal properties worth over Rs 100 crore and the earlier sealing of this mansion.
• Police had arrested Shahwar Machhli and his nephew Yasin on July 23 with synthetic drugs and an illegal pistol, with investigations alleging a wider network involving narcotics, sexual exploitation, illegal weapons and video blackmailing, including drug sourcing from Rajasthan and Mumbai.
• Lawyers for Shariq Machhli have moved the Madhya Pradesh High Court claiming no prior notice and disputing that the land is government‑owned.