Varanasi: A special court in Varanasi Tuesday convicted gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in a 36-year-old fake arms license case.
The MP/MLA court will announce the quantum of the sentence Wednesday.
A case was registered in Mohammadabad police station in Ghazipur district June 10, 1987, accusing Ansari of obtaining a license for a double-barrel gun on the basis of forged documents.
The special court had framed charges under Sections 467, 468, 420, and 120B of the IPC and Section 13(2) of the Anti-Corruption Act.
Ansari appeared in court Tuesday via video conferencing.
IANS
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