Umar Ansari

Some Lesser Known Facts About Umar Ansari

• Umar Ansari liked shooting since his childhood and has taken part in many shooting competitions.

  

• He was naughty during his childhood. He used to play different sports during his school days.

  

• He achieved 5th rank in Big Bore P.S. Free Rifle Prone (NR) 300-meter Championship Junior Men in the 27th All India G.V. Mavalankar Shooting Championship (Big Bore) in 2018.

  

• Although he has never joined any political party, he took part in many political campaigns for his family members.

  

• He has done many social works such as donating food and clothes to needy and the underprivileged.

• After his father Mukhtar Ansari was transferred to Banda Jail in Uttar Pradesh from Ropar Jail in Punjab in 2021, he appealed several times in courts to transfer his father to any jail outside the State of Uttar Pradesh. He claimed in his appeals that his father had a threat to his life from his enemies and police authorities were plotting to kill him. ^[12]Indian Kanoon

• After the death of his father Mukhtar Ansari on 28 March 2024, Umar claimed that his father was given slow poison, and he was not allowed to meet his father when he went to jail two days before his death. ^[13]NDTV

• He is a dog lover and has a pet dog of the French Mastiff breed named Ruger.

  

• Umar’s paternal great-grandfather, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, was the president of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League during the Indian Independence Movement; he was one of the founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia University and served as its Chancellor from 1928 to 1936.

• His maternal great-grandfather, Brigadier Mohammad Usman, was popularly known as Nowshera ka Sher and was given Maha Vir Chakra (MVC).