Lucknow, July 29 - A court in Varanasi Wednesday issued orders to attach the property of Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator Abdul Samad Ansari, who is absconding after being accused of having assaulted an additional district magistrate (ADM), police said.

On Tuesday, the Varanasi police procured arrest warrants for Ansari, legislator from Varanasi (North), and party corporator Manoj Rai who, along with over a dozen other people, allegedly assaulted ADM (Protocol) R.K. Singh in his office Monday.

According to a first information report (FIR) filed by Singh, Ansari and Rai came to his office along with their supporters to procure an official paper.