Lucknow, Sept. 28 -- Properties worth Rs 24 crore linked to Reyaz Ahmad Ansari, a close aide of the deceased mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, have been confiscated by the Ghazipur police, said senior police officials in a press note shared with the media here on Saturday. They said the action was taken under the Gangsters Act. A senior police official said Reyaz Ahmad Ansari, chairman of Bahadurganj Nagar Panchayat, has been accused of accumulating wealth through illicit means. He said the properties seized were allegedly purchased using proceeds of crime. He said the action was taken on the report sent by the inspector in charge of Kasimabad police station in Ghazipur, which was further recommended by Ghazipur ASP for action to the DM, who in turn issued orders for confiscation of properties. He said Ansari has as many as eleven criminal cases registered against him, and some properties were purchased in the name of his aide Parvez Zamal. htc...