Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was laid to rest in Ghazipur, UP, today in the presence of several thousand mourners. A huge contingent of police and armed forces was present to ensure ...

Mukhtar Ansari, a jailed mafia don-turned-politician, has been found guilty in a 2009 Gangsters Act case by a special judge in Ghazipur district. This is his sixth conviction since September 2022.

Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari died following a cardiac arrest in Uttar Pradesh's Banda on March 28. Ansari, a former five-time legislator, was facing about 63 criminal cases involving murder ...