Mukhtar Ansari's wife, her brothers booked under Gangster Act by Ghazipur police in UP

VARANASI: Already in the line of fire for past four months, the jailed mafia don and MLA Mukhtar Ansari suffered another jolt on Saturday when Ghazipur Police booked his wife Afsha Ansari, her brothers - Sharjil Raja and Anwar Shehjad under Gangster Act mentioning their involvement in grabbing confiscated lands, embezzlement and other criminal activities.
SP Ghazipur OP Singh said, “In the cases of illegal trespass and embezzlement registered in 2019 against Mukhtar’s wife and her brothers police had filed charge sheets. On the basis of same developments the action of booking them under Gangster Act had been initiated on Saturday and further process is being followed.”
He further informed, “Afsha and her brothers are operating like organised gang. They had captured a land confiscated on the order of district magistrate in Chhavani Line area under the limits of Kotwali police station. Another confiscated land in Baveri area under Kotwali police station had also been captured by them. To grab government contracts Sharjil and Anwar had furnished fake documents. Separate FIR had been lodged in these three cases.”
Another case of embezzlement and other criminal activities had been registered against Afsha with Saidpur police station in 2016, said Singh adding, in view of the same cases process to put a check on their organised criminal activities had been initiated and they were booked under Gangster Act.