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.

The Varanasi police had Tuesday 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.

'The court has ordered that the properties of Ansari and Rai be attached. Notices in this regard have been pasted on their houses,' Superintendent of Police (City) Vijay Bhushan told IANS.

On Tuesday, Ansari had sought 24 hours from the court of the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) of Varanasi to surrender and this expired at 2 p.m. Wednesday. He has now filed an application for extension of the time granted to him.

'He (Ansari) has filed an application to the CJM seeking another 24 hours to surrender before the court,' said a court official.

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.