Varanasi: Mafia don turned MLA Mukhtar Ansari has been booked in another case, one of fraud and conspiracy for siphoning off Rs 25 lakh from his MLA Local Area Development (LAD) fund in Sarai Lakhansi area of Mau district along with his three aides.
The case was lodged against Mukhtar on Saturday, 18 days after he was brought from Ropar jail in Punjab to UP and lodged in Banda jail.
ADG Varanasi zone Brij Bhushan said, “The siphoning off of Rs 25 lakh from MLALAD funds was detected recently. Between 2006-07 and 2017-18, Mukhtar ensured release of Rs 25 lakh to Anand Yadav and Baijnath Yadav of Sakin Sarva village to construct a school on gram sabha land that was illegally transferred in Baijnath’s name. However, not a single brick was found on the site. Local police lodged an FIR against Mukhtar Ansari, Baijnath Yadav, Anand Yadav and one Sanjay Sagar under Sections 419, 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forging documents), 468 (forgery for ch