Who is gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and why is he in news?
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Mukhtar Ansari, a gangster-turned-politician, is a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA from Mau and is wanted in Uttar Pradesh for various cases. He is presently lodged in Punjab's Rupnagar jail since January 2019 in connection with an alleged extortion case. However, Punjab's home department has now asked the Uttar Pradesh government to take custody of Ansari by April 8.