Mukhtar Ansari convicted in kidnapping, murder case, gets 10-year jail term
1 year, 7 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari convicted in kidnapping, murder case, gets 10-year jail term

Hindustan Times  

The Ghazipur's MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday convicted jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case of Bharatiya Janata MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment. In January, the police had registered a murder case against Mukhtar Ansari in connection to the 2001 'Usri Chatti' gang war incident. On January 18, Allahabad high court dismissed the March 15 order of the Ghazipur MP-MLA Court, which allowed Ansari to be kept in a superior-class jail in Banda. In December last year, Ansari and his aide Bhim Singh were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Gangster Court in Ghazipur in five cases related to murder and attempt to murder.

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Judge orders cleric to pay ₹1.16 crore in cheating case
1 week, 4 days ago

Judge orders cleric to pay ₹1.16 crore in cheating case

Hindustan Times  

Additional Sessions Judge AS Waghmare granted anticipatory bail to social media influencer and cleric Abdul Rashid Kalandar Khan alias Miftahi in connection with a ₹1.16 crore cheating case lodged against him at Kondhwa police station. The bail was granted on December 11 on the condition that the accused will deposit ₹30 lakh before being released on bail and after his …

Chhattisgarh: Mukhtar Ansari killed a woman and her two minor children in Balrampur, skeletons found two months later, arrested
1 month ago

Chhattisgarh: Mukhtar Ansari killed a woman and her two minor children in Balrampur, skeletons found two months later, arrested

Op India  

On Friday, 3 skeletons were found in the Dahejwar village in Balrampur, Chhattisgarh. Reports say that accused Mukhtar’s elder brother Arif Ansari was in a relationship with the minor girl and was thus not sending money to his family. Speaking about the matter, Balrampur SP Vaibhav Banker said that the accused Mukhtar Ansari, originally from Jharkhand, was arrested by the …

Rihan, Kazam, 10 others given life imprisonment for killing Suresh Raina's uncle
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rihan, Kazam, 10 others given life imprisonment for killing Suresh Raina's uncle

Op India  

The District Sessions Court sentenced the twelve accused in the murder of former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina’s uncle Ashok Kumar to twelve years of imprisonment. The convicts have been identified as Swarn alias Matching from Uttar Pradesh, Shahrukh Khan alias Lukman from Rajasthan, Mohabbat from Rajasthan, Rihan alias Sonu from Rajasthan, Aslam alias Naso from Punjab, Tawajal Bibi from Uttar …

Money laundering case: SC notice to ED on bail plea of MLA Abbas Ansari
4 months, 1 week ago

Money laundering case: SC notice to ED on bail plea of MLA Abbas Ansari

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate on the bail plea filed by jailed MLA Abbas Ansari in connection with a money laundering case. The high court on May 9, 2024, had dismissed Mr. Ansari’s bail plea, noting the money trail put forward by the ED in the case against him. The high court had …

Two NER staff, two others sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for fraud
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Two NER staff, two others sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for fraud

Hindustan Times  

The court of Central Bureau of Investigation in Lucknow sentenced rigorous imprisonment of up to three to ten years to four persons, including two North Eastern Railway staff of Gorakhpur, in a case related to loss of around ₹3 crore caused to government exchequer, said senior CBI officials here on Wednesday. Sharing further details in a press note, the CBI …

Allahabad HC sets aside Ghazipur court order convicting SP MP Afzal Ansari in Krishnanand Rai murder case
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Allahabad HC sets aside Ghazipur court order convicting SP MP Afzal Ansari in Krishnanand Rai murder case

Hindustan Times  

The Allahabad high court on Monday set aside Ghazipur MP-MLA court order sentencing Samajwadi Party MP Afzal Ansari for four years in the murder of former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Krishnanand Rai, PTI reported. The high court order means that Ansari will continue as the Lok Sabha MP from Ghazipur. Afzal Ansari, the brother of deceased gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, was …

Allahabad High Court Allows SP MP Afzal Ansari's Appeal Challenging Conviction In Gangster Act Case
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Allahabad High Court Allows SP MP Afzal Ansari's Appeal Challenging Conviction In Gangster Act Case

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today ALLOWED the appeal of Samajwadi Party MP Afzal Ansari, who had moved the Court challenging his conviction in the Gangster Act case, in which the Ghazipur MP/MLA Court sentenced him to 4 years in prison. Ansari, who secured victory in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur constituency during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on a Samajwadi Party ticket, …

Mukhtar Ansari Death | 'His Food Was Poisoned And Medical Treatment Withheld': Son Tells Supreme Court, Seeks Enquiry
5 months, 1 week ago

Mukhtar Ansari Death | 'His Food Was Poisoned And Medical Treatment Withheld': Son Tells Supreme Court, Seeks Enquiry

Live Law  

Late gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari's son Umar Ansari alleged before the Supreme Court today that his father was poisoned in jail and died due to withholding of requisite medical treatment.The matter was before a bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti which, on hearing Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, issued notice on an application seeking modification of the. Late gangster-politician Mukhtar …

'Mukhtar Ansari Poisoned In Jail': Umar Ansari Seeks Inquiry From Supreme Court
5 months, 1 week ago

'Mukhtar Ansari Poisoned In Jail': Umar Ansari Seeks Inquiry From Supreme Court

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday was told that gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari was poisoned in jail and Umar Ansari, his son, wants to seek an inquiry into his father's death. In 2023, Umar Ansari had filed a petition seeking his father's transfer from Uttar Pradesh Jail on account of anticipated threat to his life. Earlier, Mukhtar Ansari was shifted from Uttar …

Allahabad High Court Reserves Verdict On MP Afzal Ansari's Appeal Against Conviction In Gangster Act Case
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Allahabad High Court Reserves Verdict On MP Afzal Ansari's Appeal Against Conviction In Gangster Act Case

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the appeal filed by Member of Parliament Afzal Ansari. He is challenging his conviction in the Gangster Act case, in which the Ghazipur MP/MLA Court sentenced him to 4 years in prison. This conviction is linked to the 2005 murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai.A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar …

Wanted Bihar gangster shot dead in encounter with Uttar Pradesh STF
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Wanted Bihar gangster shot dead in encounter with Uttar Pradesh STF

The Hindu  

“A Bihar-based gangster carrying a reward of ₹2.25 lakh was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district following an encounter with the police,” an officer said. “The action was carried out Wednesday night by a joint team of the Special Task Forces of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in Ratanpuri area of Muzaffarnagar,” the officer said. “Nilesh Rai, who hailed from …

One for my brother, appeals Afzal as Mukhtar Ansari’s shadow looms large in Ghazipur
7 months ago

One for my brother, appeals Afzal as Mukhtar Ansari’s shadow looms large in Ghazipur

The Hindu  

There are no marigold garlands heaped on top of Samajwadi Party nominee Afzal Ansari’s vehicle – the distinguishing mark of an election candidate. At a small clearing inside the village predominantly of Rajbhars, an OBC group that had significantly shifted to the BJP after 2014, is Mr. Ansari’s first public meeting of the day. It is only towards the end …

4 awarded life sentence for gang rape of minor Hindu girl in Madhubani
7 months, 3 weeks ago

4 awarded life sentence for gang rape of minor Hindu girl in Madhubani

Op India  

On Tuesday, the Madhubani district court in Bihar sentenced four individuals to life imprisonment for gang-raping a minor Hindu girl. The four convicts include Mohammad Zafar Ansari, Mohammad Jibril, Mohammad Ahmed, and Akhtar Ansari. During this time, Mohammad Zafar Ansari, Mohammad Jibril, Mohammad Ahmed, and Akhtar Ansari also arrived there. During interrogation, he told Police that Mohammad Jibril, Mohammad Ahmed, …

Asaduddin Owaisi says ‘Mukhtar Ansari is a martyr', triggers row
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Asaduddin Owaisi says ‘Mukhtar Ansari is a martyr', triggers row

Hindustan Times  

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi has triggered a row by calling the late mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari a martyr. Asaduddin Owaisi and Mukhtar Ansari While addressing a poll-bound rally in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi, Owaisi claimed that Ansari was given poison and it was the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government to protect the politician. Owaisi further slammed the …

No poison found in Mukhtar Ansari’s viscera: Police
8 months ago

No poison found in Mukhtar Ansari’s viscera: Police

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW No poison was found in the viscera of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who reportedly died due to cardiac arrest in Banda jail on March 28. Mukhtar’s elder brother and BSP MP Afzal Ansari and his younger son Umar Ansari had alleged he was given slow poison in his daily meals in Banda jail. SP Ankur Aggarwal told media persons that …

Mukhtar Ansari death: Viscera test rejects 'murder' allegation as no poison found in forensic report
8 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari death: Viscera test rejects 'murder' allegation as no poison found in forensic report

India TV News  

The viscera test report out on Tuesday rejected the 'murder' allegation as no poison was found in the forensic report of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari who died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Banda while serving a conviction in jail. Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died on March 28 night at Rani Durgawati Medical College after being taken there from …

SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav meets with family members of Mukhtar Ansari
8 months, 2 weeks ago

SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav meets with family members of Mukhtar Ansari

India TV News  

Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav arrived at the residence of late gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari on Sunday. The SP Chief and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav arrived at the ancestral house of the former MLA in Mohammadabad town of Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district. It is pertinent to note that Akhilesh Yadav's visit to Ansari's home comes …

Mukhtar’s missing ‘Sikandar’ is among UP’s most wanted
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar’s missing ‘Sikandar’ is among UP’s most wanted

Hindustan Times  

It has been nearly two decades now that Atta-Ur-Rehman, with a ₹2 lakh award on him, has eluded the CBI. “Like his nick name Sikandar he used to work as key planner and executor for Mukhtar Ansari’s gang by making fool proof plan to commit major crimes at least till 2005 when his name surfaced in the sensational killing of …

SC closes proceedings on Mukhtar Ansari’s appeal against conviction in case
8 months, 3 weeks ago

SC closes proceedings on Mukhtar Ansari’s appeal against conviction in case

The Hindu  

Taking note of Mukhtar Ansari's death, the Supreme Court on Tuesday closed its proceedings on a plea filed by the jailed gangster-turned-politician against an order of the Allahabad High Court sentencing him to five-year jail term in a 24-year-old case. Last year on October 13, the top court had sought the response of the Uttar Pradesh government on Ansari's appeal …

Asaduddin Owaisi visits Mukhtar Ansari's Ghazipur residence: ‘We stand with family’
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Asaduddin Owaisi visits Mukhtar Ansari's Ghazipur residence: ‘We stand with family’

Hindustan Times  

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday visited gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's residence in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur, who died of cardiac arrest in Banda last week. Asaduddin Owaisi visits slain gangster Mukhtar Ansari's residence in Ghazipur Expressing grief over Ansari's death, Asaduddin Owaisi said he stands with Mukhtar Ansari's family in the time of this utter grief. Ansari, 63, …

Amid tight police vigil, Mukhtar laid to rest
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Amid tight police vigil, Mukhtar laid to rest

Hindustan Times  

Two days after he died following cardiac arrest in Banda, gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was laid to rest at his family’s ancestral graveyard at Kali Bagh in Mohammadabad town of Ghazipur district under tight police vigil on Saturday Funeral procession of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari at Mohammadabad in Ghazipur on Saturday. The last rites were performed in the presence of Ansari’s younger …

Possible blood clotting in Mukhtar Ansari's heart: Autopsy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Possible blood clotting in Mukhtar Ansari's heart: Autopsy

Hindustan Times  

Doctors identified a 1.9 x1.5 cm “yellow area” in the heart, suggesting a possible clotting, according to details of the post-mortem, accessed by HT, on gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s body. Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's son Umar Ansari meets people who attended his father's funeral at Mohammadabad, in Ghazipur district on Saturday The post-mortem was conducted by a panel of five doctors on …

Mukhtar underwent health checks 84 times since 2021
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar underwent health checks 84 times since 2021

Hindustan Times  

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest on Thursday night, had multiple health issues in the past three years since he was brought back to Banda jail from Punjab’s Ropar jail in April 2021, an official said. The senior government official confirmed that Ansari underwent medical checkup 84 times due to various health issues since April 2021. …

How Mukhtar Ansari smoothly executed BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai's murder from jail
8 months, 3 weeks ago

How Mukhtar Ansari smoothly executed BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai's murder from jail

Op India  

As thousands of Muslims flocked to the streets in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, broke barricades and created a ruckus to give a grand farewell to the dreaded gangster Mukhtar Ansari, recalling how cruel and brutal their ‘hero’ was, has become crucial. On 29th April 2023, the MP-MLA court of Ghazipur sentenced mafia Mukhtar Ansari to 10 years in …

Police deployed outside graveyard ahead of last rites of gangster Mukhtar Ansari
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Police deployed outside graveyard ahead of last rites of gangster Mukhtar Ansari

Op India  

District Magistrate Gazipur Aryaka Akhoury said on Saturday that police have been deployed along the route leading from his home to the graveyard as the last rites of the gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari would be held today. Police have been deployed outside the burial ground to maintain law and order as people have gathered to pay their respects to …

Mukhtar Ansari: Rise & fall of mafia don with illustrious family legacy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari: Rise & fall of mafia don with illustrious family legacy

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: The death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who straddled the two worlds — crime and politics has drawn curtains on an era of crime and terror that plagued UP, especially its eastern and central regions, for four decades. Mukhtar got implicated in his first criminal case in 1978 at the age of 15, followed by the first murder case in …

The 5 killings that made Ansari ‘uncrowned king’ of UP’s crime world
8 months, 3 weeks ago

The 5 killings that made Ansari ‘uncrowned king’ of UP’s crime world

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who died following a cardiac arrest on Thursday evening in Banda, faced over 65 criminal cases, most of them for murder, extortion, and anti-social activities that were filed across several districts of UP and Delhi. But it is said that five killings - that of coal tycoon Nand Kishore Rungta, BJP MLA Krishna Nand Rai, leading …

Mukhtar Ansari's postmortem report says cause of death cardiac arrest; viscera to be sent for forensic examination
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari's postmortem report says cause of death cardiac arrest; viscera to be sent for forensic examination

Hindustan Times  

The autopsy report of Mukhtar Ansari said the politician-turned-gangster died of cardiac arrest on Thursday evening -- negating any suspected poisoning as claimed by his family members and many political leaders. Mukhtar Ansari's post-mortem report revealed he died of cardiac arrest on Thursday evening. Mukhtar Ansari's son Umar Ansari wrote a letter to the district magistrate seeking the stops to …

Probe ordered in Mukhtar Ansari's death after family alleges ‘slow poisoning’ in jail
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Probe ordered in Mukhtar Ansari's death after family alleges ‘slow poisoning’ in jail

Hindustan Times  

After several claims and grievances raised by his family, a magisterial probe has been ordered into the death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. However, his family claimed that Ansari was being given ‘slow poison’ inside jail, which led to his demise. Mukhtar Ansari was poisoned, claims family Afzal Ansari, brother of Mukhtar Ansari and an MP from Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur, alleged …

When Mukhtar Ansari's gang killed BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai using six AK 47, 500 rounds of fire in 2005
8 months, 3 weeks ago

When Mukhtar Ansari's gang killed BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai using six AK 47, 500 rounds of fire in 2005

India TV News  

Mukhtar Ansari, gangster-turned-politician, died on Thursday night after suffering a cardiac arrest. Among various cases that he was convicted in, Mukhtar Ansari, on April 29, 2023 was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in connection with the killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai on November 29, 2005 by the Ghazipur MP/MLA court. Krishnanand Rai was a BJP MLA from Uttar …

Judicial inquiry ordered into death of Mukhtar Ansari
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Judicial inquiry ordered into death of Mukhtar Ansari

The Hindu  

The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Banda district in Uttar Pradesh on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari who died in Banda on Thursday. Ms. Singh, who is the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, will lead a three-member team entrusted to conduct the magisterial investigation into the death of the five-time former MLA. Ansari died of …

Mukhtar Ansari Death: Congress, RJD, Owaisi, Mayawati Cite Family's 'Poisoned' Claim, Seek Probe
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari Death: Congress, RJD, Owaisi, Mayawati Cite Family's 'Poisoned' Claim, Seek Probe

Hindustan Times  

Mukhtar Ansari Death: Congress, RJD, Owaisi, Mayawati Cite Family's 'Poisoned' Claim, Seek Probe Several politicians, like RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi, raised questions over the death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. Owaisi and Tejashwi mirrored Ansari's family allegation that he was poisoned in jail. BSP chief Mayawati called for a probe into the dreaded gangster's family's allegations. …

Mukhtar Ansari's death: BJP slams Opposition, Akhilesh Yadav demands SC-monitored probe
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari's death: BJP slams Opposition, Akhilesh Yadav demands SC-monitored probe

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday reacted to the Opposition's accusations over gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death, saying the masses should be aware of their tactics of communal polarisation. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today demanded that a Supreme Court judge must probe the death of Mukhtar Ansari. "The persistent apprehensions and serious allegations made by Mukhtar Ansari's family …

Mukhtar Ansari Dies of Cardiac Arrest Amid 'Poisoning' Allegations: A Brief Chronology of Gangster's Health Troubles
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari Dies of Cardiac Arrest Amid 'Poisoning' Allegations: A Brief Chronology of Gangster's Health Troubles

News 18  

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari on Thursday passed away at the Banda Medical College in Uttar Pradesh following a cardiac arrest. Here’s A Brief Chronology of Mukhtar Ansari’s Death: March 19: Jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari alleged poisoned food was being given to him in jail. Jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari alleged poisoned food was being given to him in jail. DM, SP …

How Mukhtar Ansari, Grandson of Freedom Fighters Linked to Cong, Jamia, Bose & Ansari Road, Turned to Crime
8 months, 3 weeks ago

How Mukhtar Ansari, Grandson of Freedom Fighters Linked to Cong, Jamia, Bose & Ansari Road, Turned to Crime

News 18  

His grandfather MA Ansari, was a freedom fighter, a Congress president and one of the founders of the Jamia Milia University in Delhi. But he, Mukhtar Ansari, ended up becoming Uttar Pradesh’s dreaded gangster, who was in jail for over 15 years, with 63 cases of land-grabbing, extortion and murder against him. Ansari died following a cardiac arrest at UP’s …

Mukhtar Ansari's death: What family, lawyers, politicians said on ‘slow poison’; 10 points
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari's death: What family, lawyers, politicians said on ‘slow poison’; 10 points

Hindustan Times  

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died on Thursday night at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Banda. Mukhtar Ansari death: The Uttar Pradesh administration has issued prohibitory orders under Section 144. Here are 10 points on Mukhtar Ansari's death: The Uttar Pradesh administration has issued prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which bars large gatherings across the state. …

Ex-cop Sailendra Singh says his life was ruined by Mulayam govt after he slapped POTA case against Mukhtar Ansari
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-cop Sailendra Singh says his life was ruined by Mulayam govt after he slapped POTA case against Mukhtar Ansari

Op India  

On Friday, a day after gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died due to his deteriorated health in jail, Former DSP Shailendra Singh released a statement slamming the then Samajwadi Party government for shielding Ansari. Singh was threatened and implicated in a false case by the Mulayam Singh government for recommending the arrest of mafia don turned politician Mukhtar Ansari under POTA. #WATCH …

Congress, Samajwadi Party and others mourn the death of Mukhtar Ansari, demand probe
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress, Samajwadi Party and others mourn the death of Mukhtar Ansari, demand probe

Op India  

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died on Thursday, 28th March, after his health deteriorated in jail. Recently he said that he could be murdered anytime, Why he was not given a proper medical facility…We will demand a thorough investigation of the incident.” #WATCH | On the death of Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari after suffering a cardiac arrest, Samajwadi Party leader Ameeque Jamei says, …

Mukhtar Ansari: The ‘Bahubali’ gangster of UP who became a politician
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari: The ‘Bahubali’ gangster of UP who became a politician

Firstpost  

Mukhtar Ansari died of a cardiac arrest on Thursday at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda. Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district on Thursday. A freedom fighter’s grandson Mukhtar Ansari was born in 1960 in Uttar Pradesh’s Yusufpur into a family which contributed to India’s freedom struggle and played a significant role in the country’s political landscape …

Daily Dispatch (India): Judicial probe ordered into gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death, Kejriwal's wife launches campaign to garner support for AAP leader, INDI alliance seals seat-sharing dea
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Daily Dispatch (India): Judicial probe ordered into gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death, Kejriwal's wife launches campaign to garner support for AAP leader, INDI alliance seals seat-sharing dea

Firstpost  

UP court orders judicial probe into gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s death A chief judicial magistrate’s court in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, a senior official said. The 63-year-old Ansari was brought to the Rani Durgavati Medical College in Banda from the district jail in “an unconscious state” on Thursday evening …

Mukhtar Ansari's mortal remains to reach Ghazipur late tonight, last rites today | HIGHLIGHTS
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari's mortal remains to reach Ghazipur late tonight, last rites today | HIGHLIGHTS

India TV News  

Raising a question mark on the law-and-order situation in Uttar Pradesh after the death of mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtan Ansari following a cardiac arrest in Banda, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said there should be a probe supervised by a Supreme Court judge into such doubtful cases. In a post in Hindi on X, Yadav said, "It is the …

Mukhtar Ansari News Updates: Autopsy Report Confirms Death Due to Cardiac Arrest; Last Rites Tomorrow
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari News Updates: Autopsy Report Confirms Death Due to Cardiac Arrest; Last Rites Tomorrow

News 18  

Security personnel in several districts of Uttar Pradesh are on alert after jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda on Thursday. In his letter, Ansari has written that his family does not trust the medical system of Banda Talking about Ansari’s death, JDU MLC Dr Khalid Anwar said, “As per the news we have …

Mukhtar Ansari's tryst with crime began at the age of 15 | 10 facts
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari's tryst with crime began at the age of 15 | 10 facts

Hindustan Times  

Mukhtar Ansari, born into an influential family in 1963, straddled the worlds of crime and politics in Uttar Pradesh. Mukhtar Ansari was awarded life term and a penalty of ₹2.02 lakh by Varanasi MP/MLA earlier this month in a case of fraudulently obtaining an arms licence around 37 years ago. On December 15, 2023, a Varanasi MP/MLA court sentenced Mukhtar …

Tejashwi, Owaisi repeat ‘poison’ claim in Mukhtar Ansari's death: ‘Prima facie…’
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tejashwi, Owaisi repeat ‘poison’ claim in Mukhtar Ansari's death: ‘Prima facie…’

Hindustan Times  

Rashtriya Janata Party leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday raised concerns over the events leading to gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death and called on the constitutional institutions to take suo motu cognizance of “such strange cases”. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and the Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav condoled Mukhtar Ansari's death. Extending condolences to Mukhtar Ansari's family, Owaisi said, “The people of …

Mukhtar Ansari's death: 'My father was given slow poison’, claims son Umar Ansari
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari's death: 'My father was given slow poison’, claims son Umar Ansari

Hindustan Times  

Umar Ansari, the son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari who died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, claimed that his father was given poison in the food and said the family would move the court. Mukhtar Ansari was brought to the Rani Durgavati Medical College in Banda from the district jail in “an unconscious …

Mukhtar Ansari: End of a don of many states, many parties
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari: End of a don of many states, many parties

New Indian Express  

His death following a heart attack in a hospital in Banda once again highlights the complex intertwining of crime, benefaction and politics.The gravity of the cases against Ansari is common knowledge in UP among police officials and the bureaucracy. Many eye-witnesses in this case also died under mysterious circumstances and in April 2023, a court in Ghazipur convicted and sentenced …

Mukhtar Ansari death: 'My father was being given slow poison,’ claims son Umar Ansari
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari death: 'My father was being given slow poison,’ claims son Umar Ansari

India TV News  

Mukhtar Ansari's death: Umar Ansari, son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in Uttar Pradesh, that his father was given poison in the food and said that the family would move the court to seek justice. Condemnable and regrettable," Owaisi wrote on X. Samajwadi Party leader Ameeque Jamei demanded a thorough investigation …

Samajwadi Party pays 'humble tribute' on gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Samajwadi Party pays 'humble tribute' on gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death

India TV News  

Mukhtar Ansari dead: The Samajwadi Party has condoled the death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who died due to cardiac arrest, on Thursday. Taking to social media platform X, the Samajwadi Party wrote, "Sad demise of former MLA Mukhtar Ansari. Mukhtar Ansari was behind bars since 2005 Ansari, a five-time former MLA from Mau Sadar seat, had been behind bars in …

How it took 44 years for Mukhtar Ansari conviction
8 months, 3 weeks ago

How it took 44 years for Mukhtar Ansari conviction

India Today  

Mukhtar Ansari, the gangster-politician from Uttar Pradesh, died on Thursday after a long prison confinement since 2005. With over 60 criminal cases pending against him, Mukhtar Ansari, the former five-time MLA from Uttar Pradesh's Mau, had seen convictions, acquittals, and pending trials, one after another. The Allahabad High Court, in September 2022, reversed a trial court's decision and sentenced Mukhtar …

UP court orders judicial probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death
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UP court orders judicial probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: A chief judicial magistrate's court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, a senior official said. Banda Chief Judicial Magistrate Bhagwan Das Gupta appointed Garima Singh, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate as the investigating officer in the case, the official said. Afzal Ansari had said that during the virtual hearing …

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