By Umar's arrest, cops turn the heat on Mukhtar's wife

Time of India

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Varanasi: After arresting Umar Ansari, the son of gangster-turned-politician late Mukhtar Ansari, from Lucknow late Sunday night, the Ghazipur police have turned the heat on Mukhtar's wife Afshan Ansari who is still elusive.
Umar was arrested for allegedly forging the signatures of his mother to get a high value property transferred to her name. To come clean in the case, either Umar will have to admit that he forged the signatures or confess to have been in touch with Afsha.
Producing Umar before media persons after bringing him to Ghazipur from Lucknow, superintendent of police Iraj Raja said, "Upon the examination of documents submitted in court by Umar and his advocate, Liyaqat Ali, it was found that a fake signature of Afsha Ansari was made to get a high-value property attached in 2021.
A cash reward of Rs 50,000 has already been announced for Afsha, and a lookout notice has been issued to ensure that she does not leave the country.
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"An FIR was lodged against Umar and his advocate under sections 319(2) (cheating by personation), 318(4), 338 (forgery), 336(3) (forging documents to cheat), and 340(2) (using forged documents as genuine) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita," the SP said.
He said that the proceedings for property confiscation of the former leader of Inter State Gang-191, Mukhtar Ansari, under Section 14(1) of the UP Gangster Act, were initiated on the order of the then district magistrate in Dec 2021, who had rejected the accused's representation and issued a final order on Sep 21, 2023.
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"The accused sought relief from the court against this order but was unsuccessful, and the court ordered the property to be vested in the govt on March 3, 2025," he said.
"Despite all these developments, Umar and his advocate attempted to gain undue advantage with ulterior motives by filing a petition before the court using a forged signature of his mother. The value of the seized property is over Rs 10 crore. The accused carried out the forgery to acquire the property by misleading the court, thereby affecting judicial integrity," he said.
With at least six cases, mostly of fraud and cheating, Afsha has been evading arrest since 2022. Booked under the Gangsters Act twice in 2020 and 2022, she did not even turn up to attend the last rites of her husband in March 2024.
The drive to destroy the financial empire of Mukhtar, his family, close associates, and gang members was intensified in 2019-2020. According to police records, by checking illegal earnings, confiscating properties, demolishing buildings, and freezing bank accounts, their financial losses crossed Rs 1000 crore. Maximum losses were suffered by the Mukhtar gang between March 2022 and Feb 2023 when properties worth Rs 112.66 crore were demolished and Rs 181.29 crore were attached, apart from checking illegal earnings of Rs 113 crore, officials said.