According to police, the gang had been involved in several cases of murder, burglary and snatching. Cases under NDPS and Arms Act were also registered in different districts against the accused.
Gangster Mukhtar Ansari's daughter-in-law and jailed MLA Abbas Ansari's wife was arrested for allegedly illegally meeting her husband at the Chitrakoot jail.
The meeting of Abbas Ansari and his wife Nisbat ansari came to the fore in the deputy jailer's office in Chitrakoot jail. Mobile and food items were also recovered from Abbas's wife.
He has been arrested from the Haldwani jail in Uttarakhand and was brought to Delhi on transit remand. He was presented in court after which he was sent to four-day custody.
The Rajasthan Police announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh each for information leading to the arrest of two wanted gangsters and two accused in the Rajasthan paper leak case.
New Delhi West District police registered a case under the MCOCA against dreaded gangster Sachin Manchanda, aka Bunty, and his associates, as part of a mandate to take stringent action against hardened criminals in the national capital.
Mau District Magistrate Arun Kumar ordered the confiscation of properties worth Rs 2 crores of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's close aide Haji Rafiq Ahmad under the Gangster Act on Tuesday.