Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Hamid Ansari is the second cousin of Mukhtar Ansari.
Notorious Gangster Mukhtar Ansari while petitioning the Supreme Court alleging a plot to kill him in a “state-sponsored encounter” has claimed that he belongs to a family which has produced leaders like former Vice President Hamid Ansari, Hindustan Times has reported.
Ansari in his petition has opposed the Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government’s bid to bring him back to the state from a Punjab jail.
Ansari’s maternal grandfather, Brigadier Usman, was in the Army and was awarded the Mahavir Chakra for his bravery. Brigadier Usman led Army to victory in Navshera in the 1947 war.
Brother: Afzal Ansari, is an MP from Ghazipur constituency. He is a member of Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
Brother: Sibgatullah Ansari or Sibakatullah Ansari is a former MLA from Mohammadabad in Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. He was an MLA from 2007 to 2017.