Om Prakash Rajbhar Offers Ticket to Mafia Leader Mukhtar Ansari, says He Can Contest From Wherever He Wants
3 years, 1 month ago

Om Prakash Rajbhar Offers Ticket to Mafia Leader Mukhtar Ansari, says He Can Contest From Wherever He Wants

News 18  

After the meeting of Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party National President Om Prakash Rajbhar and jailed mafia leader Mukhtar Ansari in Banda jail, there have been murmurs in the political corridors. Speaking to News18, Rajbhar said, “I have an old relationship with Mukhtar Ansari. Rajbhar had met Mukhtar Ansari in Banda jail on Tuesday and if sources are to be believed, there was a discussion between them for about an hour regarding the upcoming elections. Meanwhile, reacting to the development, BJP spokesperson Rakesh Traipathi said, “The Samajwadi Party knows that without the support of mafias and goons it can’t move ahead and that is why first they took family members of Mukhtar Ansari in their party and now putting forward OP Rajbhar they are making way for Mukhtar Ansari.

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'Mukhtar Ansari Poisoned In Jail': Umar Ansari Seeks Inquiry From Supreme Court
5 months, 1 week ago

'Mukhtar Ansari Poisoned In Jail': Umar Ansari Seeks Inquiry From Supreme Court

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday was told that gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari was poisoned in jail and Umar Ansari, his son, wants to seek an inquiry into his father's death. In 2023, Umar Ansari had filed a petition seeking his father's transfer from Uttar Pradesh Jail on account of anticipated threat to his life. Earlier, Mukhtar Ansari was shifted from Uttar …

View: Why Akhilesh Yadav is demanding a probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death
8 months, 2 weeks ago

View: Why Akhilesh Yadav is demanding a probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death

Hindustan Times  

The Samajwadi Party chief took time off from his hectic campaigning schedule to visit Ghazipur on April 7 to meet Mukhtar Ansari’s family members. And, he has backed the narrative that Mukhtar Ansari was not a brutal and ruthless mafia don-turned-politician but a messiah of the masses. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav meets family members of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari …

Akhilesh visits Mukhtar’s house, presses for judicial probe again
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Akhilesh visits Mukhtar’s house, presses for judicial probe again

Hindustan Times  

Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav met the family members of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who died following a cardiac arrest in Banda on March 28, at his ancestral house “Phatak” in Yusufpur locality of Mohammadabad town in Ghazipur on Sunday. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav meets family members of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari at the latter's residence, in Ghazipur, Sunday …

Mukhtar Ansari: Rise & fall of mafia don with illustrious family legacy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari: Rise & fall of mafia don with illustrious family legacy

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: The death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who straddled the two worlds — crime and politics has drawn curtains on an era of crime and terror that plagued UP, especially its eastern and central regions, for four decades. Mukhtar got implicated in his first criminal case in 1978 at the age of 15, followed by the first murder case in …

How Mukhtar Ansari, Grandson of Freedom Fighters Linked to Cong, Jamia, Bose & Ansari Road, Turned to Crime
8 months, 3 weeks ago

How Mukhtar Ansari, Grandson of Freedom Fighters Linked to Cong, Jamia, Bose & Ansari Road, Turned to Crime

News 18  

His grandfather MA Ansari, was a freedom fighter, a Congress president and one of the founders of the Jamia Milia University in Delhi. But he, Mukhtar Ansari, ended up becoming Uttar Pradesh’s dreaded gangster, who was in jail for over 15 years, with 63 cases of land-grabbing, extortion and murder against him. Ansari died following a cardiac arrest at UP’s …

Congress, Samajwadi Party and others mourn the death of Mukhtar Ansari, demand probe
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress, Samajwadi Party and others mourn the death of Mukhtar Ansari, demand probe

Op India  

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died on Thursday, 28th March, after his health deteriorated in jail. Recently he said that he could be murdered anytime, Why he was not given a proper medical facility…We will demand a thorough investigation of the incident.” #WATCH | On the death of Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari after suffering a cardiac arrest, Samajwadi Party leader Ameeque Jamei says, …

Daily Dispatch (India): Judicial probe ordered into gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death, Kejriwal's wife launches campaign to garner support for AAP leader, INDI alliance seals seat-sharing dea
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Daily Dispatch (India): Judicial probe ordered into gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death, Kejriwal's wife launches campaign to garner support for AAP leader, INDI alliance seals seat-sharing dea

Firstpost  

UP court orders judicial probe into gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s death A chief judicial magistrate’s court in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, a senior official said. The 63-year-old Ansari was brought to the Rani Durgavati Medical College in Banda from the district jail in “an unconscious state” on Thursday evening …

Mukhtar Ansari: End of a don of many states, many parties
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari: End of a don of many states, many parties

New Indian Express  

His death following a heart attack in a hospital in Banda once again highlights the complex intertwining of crime, benefaction and politics.The gravity of the cases against Ansari is common knowledge in UP among police officials and the bureaucracy. Many eye-witnesses in this case also died under mysterious circumstances and in April 2023, a court in Ghazipur convicted and sentenced …

Samajwadi Party pays 'humble tribute' on gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Samajwadi Party pays 'humble tribute' on gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death

India TV News  

Mukhtar Ansari dead: The Samajwadi Party has condoled the death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who died due to cardiac arrest, on Thursday. Taking to social media platform X, the Samajwadi Party wrote, "Sad demise of former MLA Mukhtar Ansari. Mukhtar Ansari was behind bars since 2005 Ansari, a five-time former MLA from Mau Sadar seat, had been behind bars in …

Mukhtar Ansari: A career in crime and politics
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari: A career in crime and politics

The Hindu  

Mukhtar Ansari straddled the worlds of crime and politics in Uttar Pradesh. Mr. Ansari was awarded life term and a penalty of Rs 2.02 lakh by Varanasi MP/MLA earlier this month in a case of fraudulently obtaining an arms licence around 37 years ago. On December 15, 2023, a Varanasi MP/MLA court sentenced Mr. Ansari for five years and six …

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies

The Hindu  

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari ied of cardiac arrest on Thursday within hours after he was rushed to the Rani Durgawati Medical College in Banda district. “Around 8:25 p.m. convicted/undertail prisoner Mukhtar Ansari, son of Subhanullah, aged 63, was brought by jail staff to the Emergency department at the Rani Durgawati Medical College in an unconscious state. In June 2023, a …

Mukhtar Ansari, gangster-turned-politician, dies in hospital after suffering cardiac arrest
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari, gangster-turned-politician, dies in hospital after suffering cardiac arrest

Hindustan Times  

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died on Thursday night after he suffered a heart attack in the Banda jail. Mukhtar Ansari died in hospital on Thursday after he suffered a heart attack in jail. DGP Prashant Kumar as per the medical bulletin shared by the Banda Medical College, Mukhtar Ansari is dead. Prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure …

Who Was Mukhtar Ansari? 'Bahubali' Gangster Of UP Who Was Convicted For BJP MLA's Murder
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Who Was Mukhtar Ansari? 'Bahubali' Gangster Of UP Who Was Convicted For BJP MLA's Murder

News 18  

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died after he suffered a heart attack in jail in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district on Thursday. A convicted gangster and politician from Uttar Pradesh, 61-year-old Mukhtar Ansari had been elected as MLA from the Mau constituency five times, including twice as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. Mukhtar Ansari was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment …

SP Releases New List of 11 Candidates for LS Polls, Fields Gangster Mukhtar Ansari's Brother From Ghazipur
10 months ago

SP Releases New List of 11 Candidates for LS Polls, Fields Gangster Mukhtar Ansari's Brother From Ghazipur

News 18  

Amid the ongoing seat-sharing talks with the Congress party, the Samajwadi Party has announced another list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Notably, the Akhilesh Yadav-led party has fielded gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s brother Afzal Ansari from Ghazipur and Harendra Malik from Muzaffarnagar. Here’s Samajwadi Party’s new list of 11 candidates for LS polls- Earlier in the day, …

Mukhtar Ansari's son approaches Supreme Court, says serious threat to father in jail
1 year ago

Mukhtar Ansari's son approaches Supreme Court, says serious threat to father in jail

India Today  

Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari's son, Umar Ansari, filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court on Monday, expressing concerns about an "imminent and serious threat" to his father, currently incarcerated in Banda Jail, Uttar Pradesh. The petition urges the Supreme Court to direct the transfer of all cases against Mukhtar Ansari from Uttar Pradesh courts to states not governed by the …

Mukhtar Ansari gets 10-year jail term in Gangster Act case
1 year, 1 month ago

Mukhtar Ansari gets 10-year jail term in Gangster Act case

India Today  

A Ghazipur court on Friday sentenced gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari to 10 years in jail and hard labour in the 2009 Gangster Act case. Ansari's associate Sonu Yadav got a 5-year jail term and a Rs 2 lakh fine was imposed on him. I have been in jail since 2005," Ansai told the MP/MLA court's judge Arvind Mishra, a day after …

Mukhtar Ansari | The story of a family, from the freedom movement to jail
1 year, 6 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari | The story of a family, from the freedom movement to jail

The Hindu  

Last week, a Varanasi court sentenced gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, 60, to life imprisonment in the murder of Awadhesh Rai, the brother of senior Congress leader and five-time MLA Ajay Rai. Mr. Ansari older son Abbas Ansari is also in custody, in a money laundering case, while his wife Afsha Ansari and younger son Umar Ansari, accused in other criminal cases, …

Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari gets life term for 1991 murder
1 year, 6 months ago

Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari gets life term for 1991 murder

The Hindu  

A Varanasi court on June 5 sentenced gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari to life imprisonment in the murder of Awadhesh Rai, the brother of Congress leader Ajay Rai. Speaking on the verdict, Congress leader Ajay Rai said the fight of 32 years paid off and family members kept their patience despite obstacles created due to the influence of Mr. Ansari. The most …

Mukhtar Ansari ran his crime empire for 44 years with impunity: Details
1 year, 7 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari ran his crime empire for 44 years with impunity: Details

Op India  

The crime empire of mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has crumbled in the last few years but there was a time when he was one of the most dreaded names in the world of crime in Uttar Pradesh. According to Uttar Pradesh’s Mau’s District Crime Records Bureau, a case of criminal intimidation was initially filed against mafia Mukhtar Ansari in 1978 under …

Who is Mukhtar Ansari: Gangster-politician sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment
1 year, 7 months ago

Who is Mukhtar Ansari: Gangster-politician sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment

Hindustan Times  

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment by Ghazipur's MP-MLA court along with a fine of ₹5 lakh in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday for the kidnapping and murder case of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Krishnanand Rai. Mukhtar Ansari is a gangster-turned-politician who has been a five-time MLA from Uttar Pradesh's Mau constituency The court reserved its verdict …

BJP MLA kidnapping & murder case: Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 yrs in jail, his brother Afzal sentenced to 4 yrs imprisonment
1 year, 7 months ago

BJP MLA kidnapping & murder case: Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 yrs in jail, his brother Afzal sentenced to 4 yrs imprisonment

Firstpost  

An MP MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur on Saturday convicted jailed mafia Mukhtar Ansari in the case of kidnapping and murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years in jail. Earlier on 18 January, Allahabad High Court dismissed the 15 March order of the Ghazipur MP/MLA Court, which allowed Ansari to be kept in a …

Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 years jail term in kidnapping, murder case
1 year, 7 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 years jail term in kidnapping, murder case

The Hindu  

A MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur on Saturday convicted jailed criminal-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in a murder and kidnapping case. Mr. Ansari’s elder brother and Bahujan Samaj Party Lok Sabha member Afzal Ansari has also been convicted in the same case and sentenced to four years in prison. The trial of the case took place under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters …

Mukhtar Ansari convicted in kidnapping, murder case, gets 10-year jail term
1 year, 7 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari convicted in kidnapping, murder case, gets 10-year jail term

Hindustan Times  

The Ghazipur's MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday convicted jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case of Bharatiya Janata MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment. In January, the police had registered a murder case against Mukhtar Ansari in connection to the 2001 'Usri Chatti' gang war incident. On January 18, Allahabad high …

Know how Mukhtar Ansari grabbed temple land for his University
1 year, 7 months ago

Know how Mukhtar Ansari grabbed temple land for his University

Op India  

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is taking strict steps against mafias. Speaking to OpIndia, Gandhi said, “In 2016, the then MLA Mukhtar Ansari in the presence of 50,000 people laid the foundation stone of Ansari University. When the District Magistrate came to know about this, he brought other officials and said that in seven days the entire land …

Will Mukhtar Ansari Add to Jalandhar Drama? As Don-Turned-Neta Sparks War of Words, A Look at the Row
1 year, 8 months ago

Will Mukhtar Ansari Add to Jalandhar Drama? As Don-Turned-Neta Sparks War of Words, A Look at the Row

News 18  

Allegations of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari having been accorded special facilities during his highly controversial 27 months in a Punjab jail have not been raked up for the first time. However, the Atiq Ahmed killing seems to have rekindled the controversy with the Bhagwant Mann government refusing to pay up Rs 55 lakh incurred for legal assistance to Ansari allegedly by …

Money laundering case: Mukhtar Ansari appears before special CBI court, charges could not be framed
1 year, 8 months ago

Money laundering case: Mukhtar Ansari appears before special CBI court, charges could not be framed

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Mafioso-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari appeared before the special CBI court in a money laundering case on Monday. For the Monday hearing, Ansari was brought to Lucknow from Banda jail under heavy police security For the Monday hearing, Ansari was brought to Lucknow from Banda jail under heavy police security. During the investigation of the case, the ED has also questioned …

Mukhtar Ansari's son booked for running extortion racket inside jail, daughter in law smuggled mobiles for the purpose
1 year, 10 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari's son booked for running extortion racket inside jail, daughter in law smuggled mobiles for the purpose

Op India  

Abbas Ansari, the son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, has been booked for operating an extortion racket from inside the Chitrakoot jail where he is currently lodged. The FIR in the case has been registered against 6 people including Abbas Ansari, his wife Nikhat Bano, driver Niaz, Chitrakoot Jail Superintendent Ashok Sagar, Deputy Jailor Sushil Kumar, and Constable Jagmohan. Abbas Ansari, …

UP: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari gets 10-year jail term in 1996 case under Gangster Act
2 years ago

UP: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari gets 10-year jail term in 1996 case under Gangster Act

India TV News  

Mukhtar Ansari case: An Uttar Pradesh court on Thursday sentenced 10 years in prison to gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is lodged in jail under the Gangster Act. At least 20 cases are still pending against Ansari According to police, the Ghazipur district administration has seized two plots of land, valued at over Rs 6 crore, that were purchased using the …

Former MLA Mukhtar Ansari Gets Five-year Jail in Gangsters Act Case
2 years, 3 months ago

Former MLA Mukhtar Ansari Gets Five-year Jail in Gangsters Act Case

News 18  

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday sentenced former MLA Mukhtar Ansari to five-year imprisonment in a 23-year-old case related to the Gangsters Act. State counsel Rao Narendra Singh said the case was lodged with Lucknow's Hazratganj police in 1999 and a special court had acquitted Ansari in 2020. Placing arguments on behalf of the state government, …

Mukhtar’s son Abbas takes over mantle of Mau in East UP
2 years, 10 months ago

Mukhtar’s son Abbas takes over mantle of Mau in East UP

The Hindu  

Not jailed MLA Mukhtar Ansari but his 30-year-old son Abbas Ansari will contest from Mau constituency this election marking a generation shift in the politics of the family which has been at the top of the radar of the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government over the past five years. Mr. Mukhtar, who has a tainted image and faced several criminal charges …

SP Only Party in a Position to Take on the BJP, Says Rajbhar, Defends Jail Meetings With Mukhtar Ansari
3 years, 1 month ago

SP Only Party in a Position to Take on the BJP, Says Rajbhar, Defends Jail Meetings With Mukhtar Ansari

News 18  

I have played a hand that will fix everything, says Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, describing his alliance with the Samajwadi Party for Uttar Pradesh elections 2022. A former minister in the ruling BJP government, Rajbhar claims that his ex-ally is divided into three lobbies, all pulling in different directions. Out of the three lobbies, one is …

Mukhtar Ansari | The ‘Bahubali’ politician
3 years, 3 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari | The ‘Bahubali’ politician

The Hindu  

In the long list of criminally-tainted politicians in Uttar Pradesh, Mukhtar Ansari’s name is perhaps the most polarising. It was little more than four years ago, a month before voting for the 2017 election, that Ms. Mayawati, desperately banking on a Muslim-Dalit combination, welcomed Mr. Ansari, his son Abbas, his brothers Afzal and Sibgatullah into the BSP after an image-conscious …

'No mafia will get party ticket': Mayawati 'disowns' gangster Mukhtar Ansari
3 years, 3 months ago

'No mafia will get party ticket': Mayawati 'disowns' gangster Mukhtar Ansari

India TV News  

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Friday said no mafia or 'bahubali' will get the party ticket. The BSP will make efforts to not field 'bahubali' or mafia candidates in next year's Uttar Pradesh polls, party supremo Mayawati said Friday, announcing that jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari will not be given a party ticket from Mau again. BSP state president Bhim …

UP polls: Will give ticket to Mukhtar Ansari and ensure his victory, says AIMIM
3 years, 3 months ago

UP polls: Will give ticket to Mukhtar Ansari and ensure his victory, says AIMIM

India Today  

The AIMIM on Friday offered to field gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Anasri in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, hours after the Bahujan Samaj Party denied ticket to him. Earlier in the day, BSP supremo Mayawati said her party will make efforts to not field 'bahubali' or mafia candidates in the upcoming polls and announced that Ansari, who is lodged in a …

Setback for Mukhtar Ansari as SC refuses to entertain plea seeking safety in jail
3 years, 3 months ago

Setback for Mukhtar Ansari as SC refuses to entertain plea seeking safety in jail

India TV News  

In a big setback for gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, the Supreme Court refused to interfere and declines to pass any order on the petition filed by the jailed Bahujan Samaj Party leader wife Afshan Ansari, seeking safety for her husband & an MLA from Mau, Uttar Pradesh while being taken for trial in pending cases. The Apex court also asked Afshan …

Lodged in Banda jail, gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari tests positive for COVID-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Lodged in Banda jail, gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari tests positive for COVID-19

India TV News  

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, lodged at Banda jail in Uttar Pradesh, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Mukhtar Ansari's RTPCR report result is, however, yet awaited. Mukhtar Ansari was brought back to Banda jail this month in an ambulance, part of a convoy carrying gun-toting policemen, throughout the 900-km journey from Rupnagar to this Uttar Pradesh town in the Bundelkhand …

Mukhtar Ansari drama: Journey from unwell to well and then unwell again
3 years, 8 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari drama: Journey from unwell to well and then unwell again

Op India  

Two days prior to being shifted to the Banda jail in Uttar Pradesh, notorious criminal Mukhtar Ansari had complained about backache to the Ropar jail administration in Punjab. While the Uttar Pradesh government alleged in the court that there is collusion between Mukhtar Ansari and the Punjab Police, the Amarinder Singh government refuted these allegations. While Mukhtar Ansari recovered from …

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari brought back to Banda jail
3 years, 8 months ago

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari brought back to Banda jail

India TV News  

After spending over two years in a Punjab prison, gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was brought back to Banda jail early Wednesday morning. Acting on a Supreme Court order, the Uttar Pradesh Police took custody of the 57-year-old BSP MLA at Rupnagar jail on Tuesday to bring him back to Banda prison. Once the convoy entered the state on Tuesday evening, the …

Was Mukhtar Ansari running his gang from Punjab jail? Opposition parties demand probe
3 years, 8 months ago

Was Mukhtar Ansari running his gang from Punjab jail? Opposition parties demand probe

India Today  

Opposition parties have demanded a probe into allegations that don-turned-MLA Mukhtar Ansari was getting VVIP treatment and running his gang from Punjab’s Rupnagar jail. “Mukhtar Ansari's henchmen had been living in rented houses near Rupnagar jail for the last two years. Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Dr Daljit Cheema demanded that people behind “a deep-rooted conspiracy” to keep Mukhtar Ansari …

Mukhtar Ansari brought back to UP's Banda jail from Punjab prison
3 years, 8 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari brought back to UP's Banda jail from Punjab prison

India Today  

After spending more than two years in a Punjab prison, gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was brought back to Banda jail in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday morning. Mukhtar Ansari was ferried in an ambulance guarded by a strong posse of gun-toting security personnel throughout his 900-km journey from Rupnagar to Banda town in Uttar Pradesh. The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday took custody …

UP Police silent on why Mukhtar Ansari's convoy halted in Agra for several minutes
3 years, 8 months ago

UP Police silent on why Mukhtar Ansari's convoy halted in Agra for several minutes

India Today  

The police convoy that ferried notorious UP muscleman and gangster Mukhtar Ansari from Ropar district in Punjab to the Banda district jail in UP passed through Agra last night. However, despite the strict instructions to the police team against stopping in the way, the convoy stopped at the village Wajidpur in the PS Dauki area of Agra at around 10 …

Mukhtar Ansari transfer updates: Cavalcade reaches Banda jail in Uttar Pradesh
3 years, 8 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari transfer updates: Cavalcade reaches Banda jail in Uttar Pradesh

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday took custody of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari at Punjab's Rupnagar jail to transfer him to Banda prison. Here are the live updates on Mukhtar Ansari's transfer from Rupnagar to Banda jail: 4:31 am: The convoy reached Banda prison. 4:24 pm: The cavalcade ferrying Mukhtar Ansari will travel through Hamirpur at 3 am and is …

Mukhtar Ansari to be shifted from Punjab to Uttar Pradesh's Banda jail today
3 years, 8 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari to be shifted from Punjab to Uttar Pradesh's Banda jail today

India TV News  

A special police team left for Punjab on Monday to take custody of mafia don and Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Mukhtar Ansari and bring him back from the Ropar jail to Uttar Pradesh's Banda jail. On March 26, the Supreme Court had ordered the Punjab government to hand over Mukhtar Ansari back to Uttar Pradesh Police within two weeks, ignoring …

Mukhtar Ansari's wife writes to President Kovind, fears he will be killed during transfer to UP jail
3 years, 8 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari's wife writes to President Kovind, fears he will be killed during transfer to UP jail

India Today  

Afshan Ansari, the wife of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, has written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, seeking adequate security for her husband who will soon be transferred from Punjab to UP. Afshan Ansari said she fears that her husband might be killed "in the guise of a fake encounter" during his transfer from Ropar jail in Punjab to …

Mukhtar Ansari Dodging Judicial System, Running Illegal Activities from Punjab Jail: UP Govt to SC
3 years, 9 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari Dodging Judicial System, Running Illegal Activities from Punjab Jail: UP Govt to SC

News 18  

The Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday told the Supreme Court that gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has been dodging the judicial system and is running his alleged illegal activities from Rupnagar district jail in Punjab where he is lodged. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Uttar Pradesh, told the bench that several cases are pending against Ansari in the state and in 2019, …

Mukhtar Ansari advised bed-rest by Punjab govt team, UP Police returns empty handed
4 years, 2 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari advised bed-rest by Punjab govt team, UP Police returns empty handed

Op India  

The Uttar Pradesh police team, which had visited Punjab’s Ropad jail to bring back the notorious gangster and former Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mukhtar Ansari to Uttar Pradesh will have to return empty-handed for the fourth time now. When the 50-member team reached Punjab’s Ropad jail with court orders to bring back the dreaded gangster, the jail administration reportedly produced …

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