5
time former MLA has been convicted to 10 years of jail time after finding him
guilty for several cases that were on trial dating back to 1996. Around 49
cases have been lodged against him that includes land grabbing, extortion,
murder etc.
In
1996, Ansari was charged under the Gangster Act who on 12 dec 2022
was finally found guilty for all the 5 cases. 2 of the cases were filed in
Ghazipur, 2 in Varanasi and 2 in chandoli. The judgement was made after proper
investigation, debate and statements made by 11 witnesses
The
Ghazipur district administration had captured 2 plots of land of 1.901 hectares
and priced at over 6 crores is alleged to have been bought through illegal
earnings of Ansari. He has also come under the scanner of the enforcement
directorate(ED), on Wednesday Ansari was presented in a local court in
Prayagraj after ED found him guilty over a money laundering case. His son Abbas
Ansari was arrested in November by the federal probe agency followed by Mukhtar
Ansari’s brother-in –law, Atif Raza. The money laundering case begun when FIR’s
were lodged by UP police along with that FIR’s were made against a company
named Vikas constructions that was run by Afsan Ansari, wife of Mukhtar Ansari.
Ansari
was charged with 5 cases under Gangster Act, Rajendra Singh murder case, Mala
Guru murder case number 106/88, Awdesh Rai murder case number 149, constable
Raghuvansh singh murder case number 294/91 and attack on police officers in
Ghazipur , case number 165/91.
Mukhtar Ansari is locked in banda jail and will serve time along with his partner Bheem Singh for 10 years