Mukhtar Ansari

Mukhtar Ansari, who was visibly upset after hearing the ruling, began pleading with the judge for mercy.

House of Riyaz Ansari who is a close aide of Mukhtar Ansari was bulldozed by the Yogi government.

MP-MLA court in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, declared mafia and former MLA Mukhtar Ansari guilty in a 14-year-old murder case

“After one and a half months of the Mau riots, a rape case was lodged against 15 persons of Mau, including myself, under the pressure of the then government and Mukhtar Ansari,” said Triveni Prasad.

Properties of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s two aides, Umesh Singh and his brother Rajan Kumar Singh, in Lucknow were attached by the Mau police.

Abu Fakhar Khan has alleged that in 2012, Mukhtar Ansari had grabbed his land located in front of Homeopathic College Roza.

Punjab Police arrested Mukhtar Ansari for allegedly making an extortion call to a Mohali-based realtor for Rs 10 crore. Punjab Police brought Ansari from Bonda jail in UP, where he was lodged at the time, waiting for trial in MP/MLA court.

Mukhtar Ansari and Hamid Ansari are not direct relatives, Mukhtar's father was second cousin of the former VP

A special MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi awarded life imprisonment to jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in the 1991 Awadhesh Rai murder case. 

Mau MLA and dreaded mafia Mukhtar Ansari has been convicted in the 30 years old Awadhesh Rai murder case. The quantum of the sentence will be announced at 2 pm today