Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and Bhim Singh were on Thursday sentenced to 10 years’ in prison under the Gangsters Act.
According to reports, the conviction of Ansari and Bhim Singh pertains to a number of cases, including a 1996 case filed in Ghazipur regarding attack on the additional superintendent of police and killing of constable Raghuvansh.
Both Ansari and Bhim Singh have also been fined Rs 5 lakh.
Ansari, a five-time former MLA, has been lodged in a jail in Banda for the last few years in connection with criminal cases being probed by the state police. On Wednesday, the 59-year-old was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case after he was produced before a court in Prayagraj and was remanded in ED custody for 10 days.
His MLA son Abbas Ansari was also arrested by the federal probe agency in November after questioning at its sub-zonal office in Prayagraj.