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Mukhtar Ansari laid to rest in U.P.’s Ghazipur amid heavy security deployment

A large crowd accompanied the procession as gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was laid to rest at the Kali Bagh burial ground in Ghazipur

The Hindu · Mar 30, 2024

Mukhtar Ansari’s death: Opposition parties in U.P. demand high-level probe, family alleges ‘slow poison’

Uttar Pradesh opposition leaders demand high-level investigation into the death of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, alleging government anarchy.

The Hindu · Mar 29, 2024

Mukhtar Ansari: A career in crime and politics

Mukhtar Ansari death: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who passed away due to cardiac arrest, entered the world of crime to establish himself and his gang in the government contract mafia that was then flourishing in the State.

The Hindu · Mar 28, 2024

Hundreds gather at Delhi-U.P. border demanding law on population control

Hundreds of protesters gathered at Ghazipur border, demanding a law on population control. Refusing govt data, they peddled anecdotal accounts & alleged disproportionate Muslim population growth. They threatened to NOTA in next Lok Sabha election if govt doesn't act.

The Hindu · Oct 30, 2023

Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 years jail term by Ghazipur Court in Gangster Act case

Mukhtar Ansari, former MLA, sentenced to 10-yr imprisonment in 2009 Gangster Act case. Co-accused Sonu Yadav given 5-yr jail term & fine. UP police booked Ansari for plotting to kill Kapil Dev Singh. This is 6th case in last yr where Ansari has been convicted by UP courts. Police hailed…

The Hindu · Oct 27, 2023

Gangster Act case: Mukhtar Ansari awarded 10-year imprisonment, slapped Rs 5 lakh penalty by Ghazipur court

VARANASI: Jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari has been awarded 10 years imprisonment by MP-MLA court of Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, while a penalty of Rs 5 lakh has also been slapped on him in a 2009 Gangster Act case.

The Times of India · Oct 27, 2023

Ghazipur court convicts Mukhtar Ansari in Gangster Act case

An MP/MLA court in Ghazipur on Thursday held gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari guilty in a case of the Gangster Act registered by the Uttar Pradesh police in 2009.

The Hindu · Oct 26, 2023

Uttar Pradesh: ED attaches undervalued properties acquired by Mukhtar Ansari’s son

LUCKNOW: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached undervalued properties worth Rs 73.43 lakh acquired by mafia turned politician Mukhtar Ansari’s son Abbas Ansari. The land and commercial buildings were situated in Mau and Ghazipur.

The Times of India · Oct 14, 2023

Uttar Pradesh: MP-MLA court rejects Abbas Ansari's bail plea in land grab case

Special judge of the MP-MLA court in Ghazipur rejected the bail plea of the MLA from Mau who is the son of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Aug 19, 2023

Land grab case: Ghazipur court rejects Abbas Ansari's bail plea

A Ghazipur court rejected the bail plea of Suheldev BSP MLA Abbas Ansari in a case of getting a plot of land registered in his name and that of his mother in a fraudulent manner.

The Hindu · Aug 19, 2023