UP court sentences Mukhtar Ansari to life imprisonment in fake arms license case
Ansari is presently lodged in Banda jail in Uttar Pradesh. He has earlier been convicted in several criminal cases, including for kidnapping, gangster activities, criminal intimidation and murder.
A special court in Varanasi dealing with cases against Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) today sentenced former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Mukhtar Ansari to life imprisonment in a fake arms license case.