PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Monday stayed the arrest of MLA from Mau Sadar, Abbas Ansari, the son of mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, for his alleged statement threatening government officials with payback at a public rally in Mau earlier during the 2022 state assembly elections.
The court directed Ansari to co-operate in the investigation and added that in case of any act of the petitioner’s of non-cooperation in the ongoing investigation, it would be open for the respondents to approach this court for vacation of this interim order.