A Sessions Court in Ghazipur on Saturday sentenced gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari and his brother and Bahujan Samaj Party MP Afzal Ansari to imprisonment for 10 years and four years, respectively in a 2007 Gangsters Act case. "The court of Additional Sessions Judge/First MP-MLA Court Durgesh also imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Mukhtar
With the disqualification of BSP MP Afzal Ansari from the Lok Sabha almost a certainty now, following his conviction in a Gangsters Act case, Uttar Pradesh seems to be setting up a record of sorts when it comes to disqualified lawmakers.