Overview

• Umar Ansari was arrested late Sunday by Ghazipur police from Lucknow’s Darul Shafa area on allegations of forging his absconding mother’s signature to recover properties seized under the UP Gangsters Act.
• An FIR numbered 245/2025 was filed at Mohammadabad Police Station charging him under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, including those for cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy.
• Court staff in late July detected irregularities in a petition filed in early July seeking release of assets linked to his late father Mukhtar Ansari, prompting a detailed review of the documents.
• Forensic experts confirmed clear discrepancies in Afshan Ansari’s purported signatures, concluding that the documents were falsified to mislead the judiciary.
• Ansari remains in Ghazipur custody awaiting further court appearances and investigations as authorities probe additional legal entanglements involving his family.