BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari's wife, kin booked under Gangster Act

VARANASI: BahujanSamaj Party (BSP) MLA and mafia don, Mukhtar Ansari, who has been in the line of fire of the Yogi Adityanath government for the past four months, suffered another jolt when the Ghazipur Police booked his wife Afsha Ansari, her brothers — Sharjil Raja and Anwar Shehjad under the Gangster Act.

They have been booked for their involvement in grabbing confiscated lands, embezzlement and other criminal activities.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Ghazipur, O. P. Singh, said, "In the cases of illegal trespass and embezzlement registered in 2019 against Mukhtar's wife and her brothers, police had filed chargesheets. On the basis of the same, the action of booking them under the Gangster Act has been initiated on Saturday and further process is being followed." (IANS)

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