Mukhtar Ansari

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

Umar Ansari, the younger son of jailed mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, has six ongoing cases against him including cheating and hate speech

During the pronouncement of the verdict in a case against Mukhtar Ansari, another convicted individual named Raju Kanojia openly accused Judge Adil Aftab of accepting a bribe in a packed courtroom.

Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board has written to UP Govt alleging that several bighas of land belonging to the board have been usurped by mafia dons Atiq Ahmed and Mukhtar Ansari

The court was hearing a petition filed in 2021 by Mukhtar’s wife Afsha Ansari – now absconding -- who had prayed that the court to direct the state government and concerned officials “to provide adequate safeguards and protection” to Mukhtar while he is lodged in jail or when he is produced before any court in the state.

The crime empire of mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has disintegrated, yet there was a time when he was one of the most feared names in Uttar Pradesh's criminal world

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

This comes after the MP/MLA Court on Saturday, convicted gangster-turned-politician Afzal Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case

Eyewitness Chhote Lal claims that during the riots, Mukhtar Ansari set fire to Hindu-owned shops worth roughly Rs 2 crore in Mau Bazaar.