 Though his ancestral home is in the city of Ghazipur of the Uttar Pradesh state, he spent his formative years in Kolkata.He is a grand-nephew of former Indian National Congress president and freedom fighter Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari.He is also related to the Uttar Pradeshi local political workers Afzal Ansari, Sibakatullah Ansari and jailed criminal turned politician Mukhtar Ansari.