Mukhtar Ansari

This comes after the LDA's earlier notification declaring that two floors - 7th and 8th- of the FI Tower, consisting of 24 flats and three penthouses on the 9th floor, were illegal. The notice additionally mentioned violations of building rules in the New FI Hospital.

BJP MLA Sushil Singh told OpIndia that Mukhtar Ansari got at least 100 of his political opponents killed. It is alleged that these murders continued unabated under the patronage of the Samajwadi Party government.

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