Amid a massive hunt for Shaista Parveen, slain mafia turned politician Atiq Ahmed’s wife, the Mau police tightened the noose around jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari’s wife Afshan. The police have declared her absconding and announced a cash reward of Rs 25,000 for any information leading to her arrest.
“Afshan Ansari is wanted in a case of Gangster Act lodged with the Dakshin Tola police station in the district. She has been on the run and therefore the reward has been announced,” Mau SP Avinash Pandey told The Times of India.
Warrants have also been issued against Mukhtar and Afshan in connection with the case. Earlier, DIG Varanasi, Akhilesh Chaurasiya had announced a reward of Rs 50,000 on Afshan. With this, she carries a total reward of Rs 75,000 on her whereabouts
Most-wanted criminals List
Meanwhile, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has released a list of most-wanted criminals who are on the radar of the state government. The rewards on their heads range from Rs 50,000 to Rs 5,00,000.
As per the list, the criminals from the Meerut zone are Udham Singh, Yogesh Bhadora, Badan Singh alias Baddo, Haji Yakub Qureshi, Shariq, Sunil Rathi, Dharmendra, Yashpal Tomar, Amar Pal alias Kalu, Anuj Barkha, Vikrant alias Vicky, Haji Iqbal alias Bala, Vinod Sharma, Sunil alias Mooch, Sanjeev Maheshwari alias Jeeva and Vinay Tyagi alias Tinku, Anil Chaudhary and Rishi Kumar Sharma of Agra Zone, Ejaz of Bareilly Zone, Anupam Dubey of Kanpur Zone.
The Lucknow zone list includes Khan Mubarak, Ajay Pratap Singh alias Ajay Sipahi, Sanjay Singh Singhala, Atul Verma, Mu. Sahim alias Kasim, Prayagraj Zone’s Dabboo Singh alias Pradeep Singh, Sudhakar Singh, Guddu Singh, Anoop Singh,
Criminals from the Varanasi zone comprise Mukhtar Ansari, Tribhuvan Singh alias Pawan Singh, Vijay Mishra, Dhruv Singh alias Kuntu Singh, Akhand Pratap Singh, Ramesh Singh alias Kaka.
Gorakhpur Zone: Sanjeev Dwivedi alias Ramu Dwivedi, Rakesh Yadav, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Vinod Kumar Upadhyay, Rajan Tiwari, Rizwan Zaheer, Devendra Singh,
Gautam Budh Nagar Commissionerate: Sundar Bhati, Singhraj Bhati, Amit Kasana, Anil Bhati, Randeep Bhati, Manoj alias Aase, Anil Dujana.
Kanpur Commissionerate: Saud Akhtar, Commissionerate Lucknow’s Lallu Yadav, Bachchu Yadav and Jugnu Walia alias Harivander Singh.
Prayagraj Commissionerate: Bacha Pasi alias Nihal Pasi, Dilip Mishra, Javed alias Pappu, Rajesh Yadav, Ganesh Yadav, Kamrul Hasan, Javir Hussain and Muzaffar.
Varanasi Commissionerate: Abhishek Singh Honey alias Jahar, Brijesh Kumar Singh and Subhash Singh Thakur.
