Long after these UP mafia dons were killed, their wives remain absconding

5 min readLucknowUpdated: Jul 31, 2026 05:06 AM IST Last week, the Uttar Pradesh Police lodged a fresh criminal case against Afsha Ansari, the wife of mafia lord-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. He died in Banda jail in March 2024; she has been “absconding” since then. In that, Afsha has company. The wives of two other known mafia dons of the state are also wanted by the UP Police since the death of their husbands, and have eluded the authorities for even longer. Atiq Ahmed and younger brother Ashraf were gunned down in April 2023 while in police custody and on live TV. Apart from their wives Shaista Parveen and Zainab Fatima, respectively, police have been looking for the brothers’ elder sister Ayesha Noori since then.All four women, who are between the ages of 50 and 60, remain missing