Lucknow: Police have announced a reward of Rs 25,000 each on the two sons of Bahujan Samaj Party MLA and mafia don Mukhtar Ansari -- Abbas Ansari and Umar Ansari. Both the brothers are wanted in cases of illegal land grab.
Abbas Ansari has won gold medals in international shooting competitions and had unsuccessfully contested the 2017 Assembly elections from Ghosi on a BSP ticket.
Two days ago, the Ghazipur Police had booked Mukhtar's wife Afsha Ansari, her brothers -- Sharjil Raja and Anwar Shehzad -- under the Gangster Act for their involvement in grabbing confiscated lands, embezzlement and other criminal activities.
Lucknow Police Commissioner Sujeet Pandey said that cases had been registered against Abbas and Umar in connection with land grabbing and illegal construction.
Two buildings belonging to Abbas Ansari in the posh Dalibagh area had recently been demolished by the state government on August 27.