On the other hand, his maternal grandfather, Brigadier Mohammad Usman, was the highest-ranking official in the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Even today, Brigadier Usman is the only military officer who made the supreme sacrifice in the battlefield while holding this rank (Brigadier) during the battle of Nowshera, which ultimately became a part of India in 1948.“Death of mafia don Ansari is indeed the end of an era in UP’s history of Bahubalis. If we talk about UP’s Bahubalis, Mukhtar and Atiq Ahmed used to top the list of most notorious criminals. It is all passe now,” said Brij Lal, former DGP of UP.Popularly known as Mukhtar junior, Ansari was the youngest among three brothers. Sigbatullah is eldest followed by Afzaal. A cricket buff, Ansari completed his schooling and graduation in Ghazipur, his home district in eastern UP.During the early 1970s, when Mukhtar was still in his teens, he got drawn towards Makhanu Singh gang and got embroiled in a case of criminal intimidation lodged against him in Saidpur police station in 1978.Brilliant forefathersMukhtar had a very illustrious legacy behind him. His grand-father Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari was a freedom fighter, a Congress president in 1927, a close aide of Mahatma Gandhi, and one of the founders of Jamia Milia University. Delhi’s Ansari Road and Ansari Nagar near AIIMS are named after him. His maternal grandfather, Brigadier Mohammad Usman, was the highest-ranking official in the Azad Hind Fauj of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
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