UP Police Takes Custody Of Gangster-Turned-Politician Mukhtar Ansari UP Police Takes Custody Of Gangster-Turned-Politician Mukhtar Ansari Mukhtar Ansari, an MLA from Mayawati s BSP in Uttar Pradesh s Mau, is facing 52 cases in the state and elsewhere, and 15 of them are in the trial stage. He has been in Punjab s Rupnagar jail since January 2019 in connection with an extortion case.
The Uttar Pradesh Police has said that Mukhtar Ansari is facing 52 cases in UP and elsewhere
Chandigarh:
The Uttar Pradesh Police today took custody of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari at Punjab s Rupnagar jail to transfer him to a prison in UP s Banda district.