Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari sentenced to life imprisonment in 30-year-old fake gun licence case

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Mukhtar Ansari joined the court proceedings via video conference from Banda Jail, where he is currently lodged. The order was passed by the special MP-MLA court of judge Awanish Gautam, district government counsel Vinay Singh said. The case against Mukhtar Ansari was registered under IPC sections 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy), along with provisions of the Arms Act at Mohammadabad police station of Ghazipur district in December 1990, News agency PTI quoted Vinay Singh.

According to police officials, around 60 cases are pending against Ansari in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, New Delhi and other states. Mukhtar Ansari has so far been convicted in at least seven cases. According to Hindustan Times report, on 10 June, 1987, Mukhtar Ansari had applied for a gun license with the district magistrate, for a double-barrel gun.

Later it was seen that Ansari had received the license with fake signatures of the district magistrate and the superintendent of police. The report further recounts that on 4 December, 1990, when the fraud in securing the gun license was exposed, the CB-CID lodged a complaint with the police and based on the complaint. A case under various sections of IPC against five persons, including Mukhtar Ansari, was registered at Mohadabad police station, Ghazipur.

The charge sheet was sent to the court in 1997 against the then ordnance clerk Gaurishankar Srivastava and Mukhtar Ansari. Gaurishankar Srivastava died during the hearing of the case. In the case, the statements of 10 witnesses were recorded were recorded by the prosecution.