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 convicted by an MP-MLA court in Ghazipur last year in the abduction and murder case pertaining to the killing of former MLA Krishnanand Rai. Afzal Ansari was convicted by the Special Court MP/MLA of Ghazipur in a Gangster Act case and sentenced to four years in jail Had the high court upheld the local court's order, Ansari would have had to vacate his Lok Sabha seat.

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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 …

Allahabad HC grants bail to Abbas Ansari in forcible land transfer case
4 months ago

Allahabad HC grants bail to Abbas Ansari in forcible land transfer case

Hindustan Times  

The Allahabad high court on Friday granted bail to Abbas Ansari, Mau MLA and son of gangster-turned-politician the late Mukhtar Ansari in a matter where a sale deed was allegedly executed forcibly in his favour at gunpoint. The bail was granted by Justice Raj Beer Singh while allowing Abbas Ansari’s application seeking his release on bail. As per facts of …

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 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 …

On Ansari’s turf, caste matrix dominates Hindu-Muslim template
6 months, 3 weeks ago

On Ansari’s turf, caste matrix dominates Hindu-Muslim template

Hindustan Times  

It is a town in the far-east of Uttar Pradesh, but since December 2021 with the Purvanchal Expressway getting operational, Ghazipur is just a four-hour drive from the state capital Lucknow. BJP aspires to gain control, pinning hope on the OBC Rajbhar factor and the law and order narrative under the Yogi government The latter got a new perspective following …

One for my brother, appeals Afzal as Mukhtar Ansari’s shadow looms large in Ghazipur
6 months, 4 weeks 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 …

HC to hear state counsels’ arguments on Afzal plea today
7 months ago

HC to hear state counsels’ arguments on Afzal plea today

Hindustan Times  

PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad will on Wednesday continue to hear a criminal appeal filed by Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari challenging his conviction and sentence in a Gangsters’ Act case by a trial court of Ghazipur. On April 29, 2023, an MP-MLA court of Ghazipur had convicted Afzal and sentenced him to four years’ jail term, along with a fine of ₹ …

Supreme Court Allows Abbas Ansari To Attend Private Memorial Service For His Late Father Mukhtar Ansari From June 10-12
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Allows Abbas Ansari To Attend Private Memorial Service For His Late Father Mukhtar Ansari From June 10-12

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today allowed jailed MLA Abbas Ansari to attend the private prayers kept in memory of his late father Mukhtar Ansari on June 10, 2024. Mukhtar Ansari died on March 28 following a cardiac arrest while undergoing a sentence of life imprisonment.The bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan acceded to Ansari's prayer to also spend time …

Asaduddin Owaisi says ‘Mukhtar Ansari is a martyr', triggers row
7 months, 3 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 …

Akhilesh visits deceased Mukhtar Ansari’s family in Ghazipur, lauds family’s contribution for country
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Akhilesh visits deceased Mukhtar Ansari’s family in Ghazipur, lauds family’s contribution for country

The Hindu  

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday visited the family of deceased mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari at his ancestral house in Mohammadabad town of Ghazipur district and offered condolences. Praising the Ansari family for its contribution in India’s freedom struggle, Mr. Yadav questioned the circumstances under which the former five-time MLA died, and hoped truth would come out and the family …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Influence of 'Badka Phatak' over Purvanchal seats: Mukhtar Ansari's political legacy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Influence of 'Badka Phatak' over Purvanchal seats: Mukhtar Ansari's political legacy

New Indian Express  

The political experts claim that to alter the political equations in the districts of his fiefdom, a letter written by the gangster used to be sufficient. The political experts claim that Mukhtar used to have his influence over the elections across the spectrum right from a village head to the Lok Sabha candidate. His brother Afzal Ansari, who won the …

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 …

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. …

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 death news: ‘My father was given slow poison’, Son Umar Ansari claims
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari death news: ‘My father was given slow poison’, Son Umar Ansari claims

Live Mint  

Hours after the death of jailed politician Mukhtar Ansari on Thursday, his son Umar Ansari claimed that his father was given “slow poison” in the food and the family will now move to the judiciary in this matter. Some media reports stated that the gangster died due to cardiac arrest after he was admitted to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's …

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 …

UP court orders judicial probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death
8 months, 3 weeks ago

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Mukhtar Ansari: A career in crime and politics
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari: A career in crime and politics

The Hindu  

Mukhtar Ansari straddled the worlds of crime and politics in Uttar Pradesh. Mr. Ansari was awarded life term and a penalty of Rs 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 Mr. Ansari for five years and six …

Mukhtar Ansari, don and politician who once ruled eastern UP, dies of cardiac arrest
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari, don and politician who once ruled eastern UP, dies of cardiac arrest

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Mukhtar Ansari, once among Uttar Pradesh’s most dreaded gang leaders who represented the Mau assembly seat between 1997 and 2022, died following a cardiac arrest on Thursday evening in Banda. A team of nine doctors gave urgent medical attention to the patient, but despite efforts, he died of a cardiac arrest,” said a bulletin issued by the hospital. “As …

Mukhtar Ansari, five-time former Uttar Pradesh MLA with 63 cases, eight convictions
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari, five-time former Uttar Pradesh MLA with 63 cases, eight convictions

Hindustan Times  

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, a five-time former Uttar Pradesh MLA who died of cardiac arrest on Thursday, was an accused in 63 criminal cases and convicted in eight cases since September 2022. A senior police official said Mukhtar Ansari feared a threat to his life as four close associates were killed while in judicial custody since 2018. Alka Rai, the slain …

Impact of mafia -politician Mukhtar Ansari who dominated Mau-Ghazipur likely to continue after death
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Impact of mafia -politician Mukhtar Ansari who dominated Mau-Ghazipur likely to continue after death

Hindustan Times  

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dominated the politics of Mau and Ghazipur districts in eastern Uttar Pradesh for decades, winning assembly elections with big margins. And it remains to be seen what impact his death will have on the politics of the region in the 2024 Lok Sabha election in which his brother Afzal Ansari is the Samajwadi Party candidate from Ghazipur. …

How did Mukhtar Ansari die? Why his brother complained of slow-poisoning
8 months, 3 weeks ago

How did Mukhtar Ansari die? Why his brother complained of slow-poisoning

Hindustan Times  

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of a cardiac arrest at the Banda medical college in Uttar Pradesh, shortly after being hospitalised on Thursday evening. Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari According to a medical bulletin, Ansari was taken to the Rani Durgavati medical college in an unconscious state around 8:25 pm as his health was “critical”. A few days ago, Ansari's family members …

Mukhtar Ansari, don and politician who once ruled eastern UP, dies after heart attack in jail
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari, don and politician who once ruled eastern UP, dies after heart attack in jail

Hindustan Times  

Mukhtar Ansari, once among Uttar Pradesh’s most dreaded gang leaders who represented the Mau assembly seat between 1997 and 2022, died following a cardiac arrest on Thursday evening in Banda. Ansari, 60, was brought to the Rani Durgawati Medical College from the Banda prison for a second time in a week shortly before he was declared dead. “As per the …

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