Varanasi: Jailed mafia don and MLA Mukhtar Ansari’s wife Afsha Ansari has written a letter to the President of India, expressing threat to her husband’s life and urging him to ensure that his trial is conducted via video conferencing.
She said there is a threat to Mukhtar from his arch rival jailed mafia don and MLC Brijesh Singh.
In her letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, Afsha said Mukhtar hails from the family of former vice-president Hamid Ansari, Brig Mohammad Usman and freedom fighter Shaukatullah, and alleged that action was being taken against her family due to political vendetta and shared details of how Mukhtar has been on Brijesh’s target.
“Brijesh’s gang had attacked my husband at Usarichatti on July 15, 2001 when he was returning from Mau. He survived, but two persons, including a police head constable deployed in his security, died while eight were injured. All of them are witnesses against Brijesh. There is no progress in trial of that case while witnesses are being threatened and their arms licences have been cancelled,” she said while also referring to Munna Bajrangi’s murder in Baghpat jail.
She said chief minister Yogi Adityanath, additional chief secretary Awanish Awasthi and top police brass were targeting her family and her son, a national level shooter, was booked in a false case while their ancestral properties were demolished in violation of norms.
The MLA’s brother BSP MP Afzal Ansari confirmed Afsha has sent a letter and said the attempt to bring Mukhtar from Punjab for producing him before court despite the Supreme Court’s directive to conduct trials through video conferencing is a well-planned conspiracy to kill him.
Afzal said his family is being targeted due to political vendetta as he had defeated BJP candidate from Ghazipur seat in 2019 Lok Sabha election.
“Action is being taken against Mukhtar, our family and aides to divert attention from failures of the government. The letter written by BJP MLA Alka Rai to Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra recently is also part of conspiracy to kill Mukhtar,” Afzal added.