GUJRAT: The Sara-i-Alamgir Sadar police have arrested 30 people in the case of the possession of `Grand City` housing society on GT Road between Kharian and Sara-i-Alamgir.

Police have bool(ed 60 to 70 people from one group, including 33 nominated, under terror and other charges.

The accused were remanded in police custody by the Gujranwala Anti-Terrorism Court till Feb 21.

According to the case registered on the report of Rehan Bin Waris Gilani, of Lahore, who owns the EuroBiz Corporation, former partner Aftab Husain with some 70 people breached on Sunday the limits of the housing society. They resorted to aerial firing and tortured security staff. The intruders vandalised the of fice, looted Rs4.725 million and took away ownership files and staffers Akhtar Shah and Fida Husain. Up to Rs20 million wasdemanded for the release of the abducted staffers.

Police have yet to produce Mr Husain, who is stated to be in their custody, in any court of law.

The accused party says Mr Husain is the original owner of the project, launched in 2010. They say in 2013 he hired the services of a developer company, owned by complainant Gilani, under an agreement, according to which the developer would be given 50 percent of the land for completing the project in two years.

When the developer failed to meet the deadline,the agreement stood canceled but the developer company occupied the project.

On the other hand, Mr Gilani says his company not only developed the project but also increased its land from 300 1(anals to 2,500 kanals. The share of Mr Husain had already been paid to him as 128 plots and cash after an agreement brokered between the two groups by MNA Abid Raza Kotla. Now, the land was registered with the land revenue department in the name of his company. The former partner was trying to occupy the land in violation of the agreement.

Gujrat District Police Officer Sohail Zafar Chatha said that the police had taken action against the alleged land mafia. He said if there was any dispute over the ownership of the housing scheme, parties should go to court instead of creating a law and order situation.

He added he had been informed about the dispute several times in the last six months; now when the developer company had made the project a success, the other party wanted to pressure the company.