Varanasi: Continuing its crackdown on the Mukhtar Ansari gang, the Ghazipur police on Tuesday lodged a third FIR in a week against gangster-turned-politician late Mukhtar Ansari’s elder brother and SP’s Ghazipur MP, Afzal Ansari, over alleged irregularities in records related to the sale and purchase of a firearm on his arms licence. This is the…
Varanasi: Ghazipur police have uncovered 50 criminal gangs with 401 members during ‘Operation Vajrapat’ conducted between June 1 and 5, exposing the rapid rise of outfits such as Katra Gang, Mahakal Gang, 315 Gang and Farsa Gang.The crackdown, ordered by Varanasi Range DIG Vaibhav Krishna after the May 29 murder of hotelier’s son Vineet Rai…
Varanasi: A 29-year-old son of a hotelier was shot dead by four masked assailants who arrived on two motorcycles and opened fire at him at his establishment on Fullanpur Bypass Road under the Kotwali police station area of Ghazipur late Friday.Investigators suspect that the prime suspect is associated with the alleged ‘Katra Gang’, which has…
Varanasi: Mau Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari, son of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, has come under Mau police scanner for allegedly violating bail conditions. The Supreme Court had granted him bail in a Gangsters Act case lodged in Chitrakoot, with the condition that he inform police before visiting his constituency.Police said Abbas did not inform them…
Varanasi: Many cops and villagers suffered injuries after a group of villagers attacked a police team in Molnapur Talgaon under Bhudkuda police station in Ghazipur district on Saturday afternoon.The police, along with the land revenue department officials, had arrived at the site to solve a dispute over a drain when one of the groups turned…
