VARANASI: The ghazipur administration in UP on Tuesday initiated the process of attaching a house of jailed mafia don and MLA Mukhtar Ansari's wife, Afsha Ansari, and brother-in-law, Sharjil, worth Rs 2.18 crore in Saiyyedbada area of Ghazipur district.
A police team was also sent to Lucknow to attach a flat of Rs one crore in Gomati Nagar of Lucknow.
The Varanasi zone additional director general Brij Bhushan said the properties in the name of Mukhtar Ansari’s wife Afsha Ansari and brother-in-law Sharjil Raja of Rs 2.18 crore in Saiyyedbada locality of Ghazipur district had been attached under the Gangster Act.
One more team left Ghazipur for Lucknow to attach a flat in their name in Gomati Nagar area, he said adding, the estimated value of such flat is Rs one crore.
With these actions, the volume of losses caused to Mukhtar, his family and gang members has crossed the mark of Rs 292 crore in east UP region.
A team, led by ASP (city) Gopinath Soni, reached Saiyyedbada area in Ghazipur along with heavy police force on Tuesday morning and following the announcement of the order issued by the district magistrate MP Singh for the attachment of residential building of Mukhtar’s wife and brother-in-law, the cops completed the process of seizure.
Tehsildar Mukesh Singh, other officials of land revenue department and heavy police force also remained present at the site.
