Mukhtar Ansari’s Absconding ‘Lady Don’ Wife Skips His Funeral

New Delhi: Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari was cremated at his ancestral burial ground in Gazipur on Saturday. But his absconding ‘lady don’ wife Afsa Ansari, who is in the most wanted list of UP Police preferred to stay away from the funeral of her husband.

She also did not come for the last rites rituals on Friday. Afsa is wanted in multiple cases, including under the Gangster Act, and is absconding for over a year. Afsa is wanted by police in three major cases, including two cases of land grabbing in Chhavni line and Babeddi locality lodged in 2019. On January 31, 2022, a case was registered against her at Mau’s Dakshin Tola Police Station under the Gangster Act.

UP Police had made adequate security arrangements at the family’s ancestral graveyard in Ghazipur’s Mehmoodabad along with the deployment of cops in plain clothes to arrest Afsa, if she turns up. But she did not appear at the spot.

Mukhtar Ansari’s body was buried in a grave next to his mother. Mukhtar Ansari’s brother and son attended the burial amid chaos as supporters tried to break barricades.