Cut The Clutter with Shekhar Gupta :Season of gangsters Pt 1 : Mukhtar Ansari, when war hero’s grandson wreaks terror in UP ganglands

It’s the season of gangsters in the Hindi heartland. Even as Atiq Ansari’s murder leads headlines, another figure of notoriety from UP’s mafia-ridden east — Mukhtar Ansari — faces a significant court date on April 29. In episode 1214 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta delves into Ansari’s life & the cynical heartland politics that helps the likes of him to flourish.