ANOTHER ANSARI PROPERTY CONFISCATED

VARANASI: The Mau administration on Wednesday confiscated property worth Rs 24 crore in Mauja Khalsa in Dakshina Tola area of the district, registered in the name of two sons of mafia-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari, police said.

Police claimed Ansari acquired this property allegedly from income generated through illegal means. A police officer said Ansari purchased the plot in the name of his mother Rabia Begum in 2015. After the death of his mother, as per the will, the property was recorded in the name of Ansari’s sons Abbas and Umar Ansari. ADG Varanasi zone Brajbhushan said two constructed buildings had come up on the plot. The property is along the four-lane road and its estimated value is Rs 24 crore, as per the police. ADG said Mau DM on June 7 had passed an order to confiscate the property. As many as 49 cases are registered against Ansari.