Mau(UP), Oct 22 (PTI) The district administration here has issued orders to attach three plots of land worth Rs 7.5 crore of gangster Mukhtar Ansari.

Additional Superintendent of police (ASP) Tribhuvan Nath Tripathi said, "Gangster Mukhtar Ansari had bought three plots of land in the name of her mother using money earned from criminal activities."

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"The district administration issued orders for the attaching the plots under the provisions of Gangster Act on Saturday. The attachment will be done soon," he added.

Mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari is currently lodged in Banda jail of Uttar Pradesh.

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