Irfan Solanki is an Indian politician and member of the Samajwadi Party (SP) who was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from Sishamau in 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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Haji Irfan Solanki was born on Tuesday, June 5, 1979 (age 44; as of 2023) in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. His zodiac sign is Gemini. According to his Facebook profile, he did his schooling from Haddard High School, Kanpur and graduated from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur. However, his profile on MyNeta says he is a 12th pass from City Model Inter College, Kanpur. He inherited the political legacy from his father, Haji Mushtaq Solanki, who was a two-time Samajwadi Party MLA from Arya Nagar Assembly constituency. After his father’s death in 2006, the SP gave a ticket to Irfan to contest the 2007 assembly elections in UP from his father’s seat. Apart from his political legacy, Irfan inherited the tanning business from his father in Kanpur.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 9″
Hair color: black
Eye Color: Black
family and caste
He was born in a Muslim Teli Thakur family.
parents and siblings
His father, Hazi Mushtaq Solanki (deceased), was also a politician and a member of the Samajwadi Party, who was twice elected as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Arya Nagar Assembly constituency in 1996 and 2002. His brother, Rizwan Solanki, is also a politician and member of SP, who was also a politician and member.
Haji Irfan Solanki with his father Hazi Mushtaq Solanki
A picture of Irfan Solanki with his mother and brother Rizwan Solanki
wife and children
On December 17, 2003, she married Nasim Solankis. He has three children, two daughters, Zaara Fatima and Zabia, and a son, Mustafa Solanki.
Irfan Solanki with his wife and children
religion
Irfan Solanki follows Islam.
Irfan Solanki performs Namaz
Address
His permanent address is 98/162, Pech Bagh area in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
signature
Irfan Solanki’s signature
Career
Irfan Solanki makes a political speech
He began his political journey as a member of the Samajwadi Party (SP) in 2007 when he won the Arya Nagar assembly seat in UP, defeating BJP candidate Harish Matreja. In 2012, he contested and won the Sishamau Assembly seat, defeating BJP candidate Hanuman Swarup Mishra. He was re-elected MLA from Sishamau in the 2017 and 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections.
confrontations
IAS officer booked for misbehaving with woman
On 19 June 2011, Irfan Solanki and one of his associates were arrested in Kanpur for allegedly misbehaving with a female IAS officer of the state energy department. On 15 June 2011, Solanki and his associates visited the office of Kanpur Electricity Supply Company Managing Director Ritu Maheshwar with some complaints. When the security guards did not let them in, they entered Maheshwar’s cabin and allegedly misbehaved with him. Although District Magistrate Hari Omi intervened and dropped the case after Solanki apologized, a formal complaint was filed two days later by Executive Engineer Ashok Kumar Singh against Solanki and his 20 supporters. After Solanki’s arrest, his supporters took to the streets to protest against him.
Confrontation with police over tinted car window
In May 2012, Solanki and his supporters allegedly clashed with traffic police after they protested the tinted windows of his car. He was stopped by the police in Faridabad while he was on his way to Delhi from Kanpur. Solanki tried to persuade the police to let him go by telling them that he was an MLA, but they insisted on removing the black tape from the car windows as tinted windows were illegal. After this, Solanki and his supporters allegedly engaged in a brawl and beat up the police, after which Solanki had to pay a fine of Rs 2,000. The incident embarrassed UP CM Akhilesh Yadav as he vowed to end crime and hooliganism after fearing that the Samajwadi Party’s return to power would add to “Gondaism” in the state.
Tricolor cake cutter box
In 2011, an Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate granted bail against Solanki and Minister for Persons with Disabilities Shivpal Singh Yadav for cutting a cake in the colors of the Indian national flag. The cake was cut by the Samajwadi Party leaders on the birthday of SP leader Harmohan Singh on October 18, 2010. SP leaders Harmohan Singh Yadav, Sachin Tangdi, Jitendra Bahadur Singh, Shiv Pal Singh and Irfan Solanki have been booked under section 2 of prevention clause 2 of insul-1. Toli Police.
Doctors are lined up
On February 28, 2014, Solanki was attacked by junior doctors at Ganesh Shankar Vidharti Memorial Medical College in Swarop Nagar, Kanpur. Apparently, the junior doctor’s car was rammed from behind by another car driven by an old man named Qadir Ali near the Swaroop Nagar petrol pump. Accordingly, the junior doctor and his friends began to rough up the old man. Solanki, who intervened to protect the old man, was engaged by junior doctors who also damaged his car and assaulted his driver and gunman. Enraged by the incident, the MLA’s supporters rioted. More than a hundred Samajwadi Party musclemen or gonds sparked violence by entering the medical college hostel and started beating students and professors. Solanki’s supporters took to the streets to raise anti-police slogans. They also pelted stones at passing vehicles and damaged many parked vehicles. Agitated local shopkeepers pulled down their shutters. After the outbreak of tension, a strong police force comprising PAQC and RAQF reached the spot to control the situation. As a result of the incident, several policemen, journalists and civilians were seriously injured. A large team of policemen led by SSP Yashashvi Yadav entered GSVM Medical College campus without the permission of Principal Dr Navneet Kumar and collared them. After the incident, thousands of doctors went on strike at hospitals in Uttar Pradesh, describing Samajwadi Party rule as “gunda raj” and demanding Solanki’s arrest. Doctors have alleged that several doctors in UP were mercilessly beaten and dragged by policemen after the GSVM Medical College incident. Health services across Uttar Pradesh were badly affected and several dozen patients died during the strike. After the six-day strike by doctors in UP, Solanki was booked on charges of attempt to murder, rioting and causing voluntary hurt. An FIR against Solanki was lodged at Swarup Nagar police station on the complaint of Himanshu Kumar Singh, a medical student, who was injured in the February 28 encounter. Solanki then held a press conference where he introduced Qadir Ali and stated that he had entered only to save him. The protests prompted the Uttar Pradesh government to transfer SSP Yashaswi Yadav from Kanpur to the DGP’s office in Lucknow.
Jajmau fire case
On November 7, 2022, Irfan Solanki, his brother Rizwan Solanki, Shaukat Ali, Mohd Sharif and Israel Athavala were booked for setting fire to Nazir Fatima’s hut on November 3, 2022 to grab a plot in the posh Defense Colony in Kanpur. On the day her house burned down, Fatima and her family were attending a marriage ceremony. The appellant’s land was situated next to Rizwan Solank’s residence and was valued at around Rs 2 crore. Solanki and his brother have been booked under IPC Sections 436 (abusing fire or explosive substance to destroy house, etc.) and 506 (criminal intimidation). After that, the duo went on the run to avoid arrest. While Solanki was absconding, he was accused of boarding a flight with a fake Aadhaar card, breaching airport security. After evading arrest for more than three weeks in the case, Solanki and his brother surrendered to the police in December 2022. The duo was later produced before the MP/MLA court, which remanded them to 14-day judicial custody, after which they were sent to Kanpur jail. Later that month, he was transferred to the Maharajganj District Jail in Uttar Pradesh. In March 2023, the MP/MLA Sessions Court indicted Irfan Solanki, his brother Rizwan Solanki, Shaukat Ali, Mohd Sharif and Israel Atawala for setting Nazir Fatima’s hut on fire on 7 November 2022 to seize her plot. On December 2, after surrendering at the Kanpur Police Commissionerate camp in connection with the arson case. Gangster act was called against Solanki and his brother.
Letters issued to six Bangladeshi migrants to entitle them to Indian citizenship
On 10 December 2022, he was also accused of issuing certificates to six Bangladeshi nationals declaring them to be Indian citizens. Police raided a house in Kanpur’s Ariananagar area and nabbed Bangladeshi national Rizwan Mohammad (53), who was staying illegally with his family, including his wife Hina Khalid (45), daughter Rukhsar Rizwani (21), the couple’s two young sons, aged 17 and 15, and Rizwani’s father-in-law (79). A letter allegedly signed by MLA Irfan Solanki stating that Rizwan and his family were Indian citizens was recovered from the house along with other documents like passports, besides cash and jewellery. They also seized three Aadhaar cards prepared with fake documents.
assets and properties
movable assets
- Deposits in banks: Rs. 12,24,687
- LIC or other insurance policy: Rs. 33,11,000
- Motor Vehicles: Rs. 22,00,000
- Other assets: Rs. 2,00,000
real assets
- Non-agricultural land: Rs. 6,12,36,400
- Commercial buildings: Rs. 25,00,000
- Residential buildings: Rs. 1,60,00,000
Note: The given estimates of movable and immovable assets are for the financial year 2021-22. It excludes assets owned by his spouse and dependents.
Net worth
His net worth was Rs. 8,82,42,087 in 2022. This excludes the net assets of his spouse and dependents.
Facts/Trivia
- In April 2023, Irrfan Solanki’s wife Nasim wrote a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath requesting him to transfer her husband from Maharajganj Jail to Kanpur Jail on humanitarian grounds in the upcoming month of Ramzan. Apparently, Naseem was in a panic after mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother were killed in Prayagraj. In his letter, he mentioned that Irfan was taken to Maharajganj jail for some kind of conspiracy to torture him physically and mentally. naseem said
Irrfan’s treatment in Maharajganj jail is worse than animals. Neither the family members nor their lawyer Gaurav Dixit are allowed to meet him. Irfan’s health is very serious. His weight has decreased. He has stones in both kidneys”
- While Solanki was lodged in the Maharajganj jail in 2023, the police seized property he allegedly amassed illegally. Police seized property worth Rs 30 crore belonging to his aide Shaukat Pahalwani and land worth Rs 5 crore belonging to Solanki.
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