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 under the state government's zero tolerance policy against crime and criminals, informed senior police officials in a press note said here on Saturday. They said the action was taken under the UP Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, as part of a crackdown on organised crime. A senior police official further informed that Reyaz Ahmad Ansari, chairman of Bahadurganj Nagar Panchayat, has been accused of accumulating wealth through illicit means and layering it through various companies....