UP Police has recovered several foreign-made goods and thousands of cartridges from the Delhi home of Abbas Ansari, son of Bahlubi MLA Mukhtar Ansari. The team of Delhi Police along with Lucknow Police was also involved in the raid. The police brought all of them to Lucknow on Thursday.
SSP Kalanithi Naithani said on Thursday that on October 12, a fraudulent FIR was registered against Mukhtar Ansari's son Abbas Ansari in the Mahanagar Kotwali in the arms license case. During the investigation, the police came to know that Abbas's location is in Delhi. Our team reached Delhi and also sought help from Delhi Police. Police came to know of the rented house at Basantkunj in Abbas Ansari. The police raided here on the basis of search warrant.
The investigation was going on for several months
According to sources, the STF had been investigating arms licenses issued in the name of Mukhtar and his close associates for several months. Investigation revealed that a double barrel gun was purchased on Abbas' license at Lucknow address.
This license was transferred to Delhi's address without the permission of the police, DM. 5 more were purchased after the license was transferred. Actually both Delhi and UP were being used. Inspector Mahanagar Ashok Singh said that Abbas was not found at home.
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