Know more about Gangster Mukhtar Ansari

DN Bureau

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari be shifted to a Uttar Pradesh jail from Punjab with in two weeks. Here know more about Ansari

Mukhtar Ansari

Mukhtar Ansari was elected as a MLA from Uttar Pradesh's Mau constituency with the record five times.

Mukhtar Ansari

Ansari has over 40 criminal cases against him, including murder and kidnaping

Mukhtar Ansari

He was the prime accused in the BJP leader Krishnanand Rai murder case.

Mukhtar Ansari

He entered politics around 1995 through student union in Banaras Hindu University, became an MLA in 1996

Mukhtar Ansari

After being expelled from BSP and being rejected by other political parties, the three Ansari brothers (Mukhtar, Afzal, and Sibkatillah) formed their own political party called the Quami Ekta Dal.

Mukhtar Ansari

By the early 1990s, Mukhtar Ansari was well known for his criminal activities, especially in the districts of Mau, Ghazipur, Varanasi and Jaunpur.








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