Ghazipur. Mafia don Mukhtar Ansari has died. His wife Afshan Ansari is still absconding. Afshan Ansari did not come forward even after the death of Mukhtar Ansari. Now Mukhtar Ansari’s family members are trying to get Afshan Ansari to surrender. According to Hindi newspaper Amar Ujala, Mukhtar Ansari’s brother Afzal Ansari has said that Afshan Ansari should surrender. Afzal Ansari said that Afshan’s lawyer should face the law in the court.
According to the information, Mukhtar Ansari’s younger son Omar Ansari is also trying to surrender his mother Afshan Ansari. Recently, Omar Ansari along with his sister-in-law Nikhat had also met his elder brother Abbas Ansari, who is lodged in Kasganj jail. Mukhtar Ansari’s family is somehow trying to get bail for Abbas also. Ghazipur Police has announced a reward of Rs 50,000 and Mau Police has announced a reward of Rs 25,000 on Afshan Ansari. Afshan Ansari has been absconding for more than a year. Mau police has also declared Afshan Ansari a fugitive.
Cases have been registered against Afshan Ansari in Lucknow, Ghazipur and Mau for getting government land in his own name on the basis of his influence, taking financial advantage by occupying the land, fraud related to land etc. The private house of Mukhtar Ansari and Afshan Ansari is in Darji Mohalla, at some distance from the family’s house at Mohammadabad Gate. The police has attached this house several times. Afshan Ansari also absconded in the same way as Atiq Ahmed’s wife Shaista Parveen and his sister-in-law Zainab absconded. Till now UP Police has not been able to find any trace of Shaista Parveen and Zainab. Similarly, UP Police and STF have so far failed to find the whereabouts of Mukhtar Ansari’s wife Afshan Ansari.