FIR Filed Against Mukhtar Ansari's MLA Son, 4 Others, Under Gangsters Act

The five have been accused of running an extortion racket and intimidating people while Abbas Ansari was lodged in Chitrakoot's Ragauli jail.

Five people, including Mukhtar Ansari's MLA son Abbas Ansari, have been booked under the Gangsters Act, police on Wednesday said.

Besides the lawmaker, his driver Niaz Ansari, jail canteen manager Navneet Sachan, Varanasi accountant Shahbaz Alam Khan, and local SP leader Faraz Khan have been named in the FIR lodged at Karvi Police Station on Tuesday, Chitrakoot Superintendent of Police (SP) Arun Kumar Singh told PTI.

The five have been accused of running an extortion racket and intimidating people while Abbas Ansari was lodged in Chitrakoot's Ragauli jail.