Arms licences of Mukhtar’s henchmen suspended

Varanasi: Five arms licences of the relatives and henchmen of jailed mafia don-MLA Mukhtar Ansari were suspended and the arms deposited in police stations of Ghazipur district.ADG Varanasi zone Brij Bhushan said, “During verification of the arms licences, arms and ammunition issued to the relatives and henchmen of Mukhtar, the Ghazipur cops had detected many irregularities after which they sent their report against five of them to district magistrate between July 7 and 9.”Taking note of it, the DM Ghazipur ordered suspension of the arms licences of Uday Narain Yadav, Reyaz Ansari, Ramanuj Singh Yadav, Afzal Ali Khan and Valiullah Khan, all from Mohammadabad area.The ADG said that so far 33 arms licences of the people associated with Mukhtar gang have been suspended and deposited in police stations.The officials have tightened the noose on the relatives and henchmen of Mukhtar, who is currently lodged in Ropar jail in Punjab, for the past one month in Ghazipur district where illegally captured land and other properties of Rs 39.83 crores have been freed from the possession of the don’s close associates in a bid to destroy his economic empire.Not only in Ghazipur, but large scale action to break the monopoly of Mukhtar’s henchmen in fish trade in east UP districts including Mau, Varanasi and Jaunpur was taken especially after May end. Mau cops also cracked down on Mukhtar-supported racket involved in extorting money in the name of taxi stands.