After Union home ministerAmit Shahlaid the foundation ofUP State Institute of Forensic Sciencesin Lucknow on Sunday, chief ministerYogi Adityanathrevealed that the proposed campus at Piparsand, straddling 142acres was once usurped by themafiaand was put up for sale.

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The state underwent dramatic changes under the guidance of Home minister Amit Shah, who nurtured UP during his stint as BJP state in charge in 2014 and then as party president in 2017.