On Mukhtar Ansari's death, wife of BJP MLA killed by him: ‘Today is Holi for us’
9 months, 2 weeks ago

On Mukhtar Ansari's death, wife of BJP MLA killed by him: ‘Today is Holi for us’

Hindustan Times  

The family of former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Krishnanand Rai, who was killed by Mukhtar Ansari, said the death of gangster-politician is a ‘blessing of Almighty’. “My mother and I have received the blessings of Baba Vishwanath and Baba Gorakhnath,” Krishnanand Rai's son Piyush Rai said. In April 2023, Mukhtar Ansari was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai by an MP MLA court. As per the FIR, Ansari and his brother Afzal Ansari, who had lost assembly election to Rai in Mohammadabad seat, were named main conspirators.

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Supreme Court Asks UP Govt To Provide Medical & Enquiry Reports On Gangster-Politician Mukhtar Ansari's Death To His Son
1 week, 6 days ago

Supreme Court Asks UP Govt To Provide Medical & Enquiry Reports On Gangster-Politician Mukhtar Ansari's Death To His Son

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today asked Uttar Pradesh authorities to furnish copies of medical and enquiry reports pertaining to the death of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari to his son Umar Ansari.The matter was before a bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti, which upon hearing Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, asked Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj to supply. The Supreme Court today …

Chhattisgarh: Mukhtar Ansari killed a woman and her two minor children in Balrampur, skeletons found two months later, arrested
1 month, 4 weeks 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 …

Murder convict beats 80-year-old father to death for getting him married against his wish
2 months ago

Murder convict beats 80-year-old father to death for getting him married against his wish

India TV News  

In a significant development, a 40-year-old murder convict allegedly beat his 80-year-old father to death after becoming angry with him over getting him married against his wishes. According to the information released, the incident occurred in Madhya Pradesh's Garhi Malhara town, around 17 km from the district headquarters, on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, where the accused, identified …

BJP MLA Baburam Paswan's distant cousin beaten to death in UP
2 months ago

BJP MLA Baburam Paswan's distant cousin beaten to death in UP

Deccan Chronicle  

BJP MLA Baburam Paswan's distant cousin Phoolchand was allegedly beaten to death by goons here late Saturday evening, police said.The goons attacked the house and started pelting stones and dragging away Phoolchand's minor granddaughter, they said.The family members and the MLA's cousin were beaten up by the goons. Eight people, including Phoolchand, were admitted for treatment to the Puranpur community …

Mukhtar Ansari was 'garibon ka masihaa', says Maulana Mahmood Madani in Aap Ki Adalat
4 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari was 'garibon ka masihaa', says Maulana Mahmood Madani in Aap Ki Adalat

India TV News  

Maulana Mahmood Madani had words of fulsome praise for gangster-turned-politician late Mukhtar Ansari. A five-time MLA from the Mau Sadar seat, died of a cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in March this year at the age of 63. Madani said, "I did say he was 'garibon ka masihaa', Please go and ask people in his area. On whether …

Allahabad HC sets aside Ghazipur court order convicting SP MP Afzal Ansari in Krishnanand Rai murder case
5 months, 2 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
5 months, 2 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, …

Bihar: VIP supremo's father Jitan Sahani killed by Kazim Ansari
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Bihar: VIP supremo's father Jitan Sahani killed by Kazim Ansari

Op India  

Vikassheel Insaan Party president and former Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Minister of Bihar Mukesh Sahani’s father Jitan Sahani was killed at his partially constructed house in Jirat village, Supaul Bazar, Darbhanga. Lack of funds forced Kazim Ansari to close his store and following his unemployment, he mortgaged his land at the interest rate of four per cent per month. According …

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

One for my brother, appeals Afzal as Mukhtar Ansari’s shadow looms large in Ghazipur
7 months, 3 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 …

RTI activist murder: Gujarat HC quashes conviction of former BJP MP Dinu Solanki
8 months, 1 week ago

RTI activist murder: Gujarat HC quashes conviction of former BJP MP Dinu Solanki

The Hindu  

The Gujarat High Court on May 6 overturned life sentence of former BJP MP Dinu Solanki and six others in the 2010 murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa, who was killed on SG highway in front of the High Court in 2010. Observing that the trial court conducted proceedings with a ‘‘predetermined notion of conviction’‘, the High Court Division Bench …

Asaduddin Owaisi says ‘Mukhtar Ansari is a martyr', triggers row
8 months, 2 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, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks 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 …

View: Why Akhilesh Yadav is demanding a probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death
9 months, 1 week ago

View: Why Akhilesh Yadav is demanding a probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death

Hindustan Times  

The Samajwadi Party chief took time off from his hectic campaigning schedule to visit Ghazipur on April 7 to meet Mukhtar Ansari’s family members. And, he has backed the narrative that Mukhtar Ansari was not a brutal and ruthless mafia don-turned-politician but a messiah of the masses. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav meets family members of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari …

Akhilesh visits Mukhtar’s house, presses for judicial probe again
9 months, 1 week ago

Akhilesh visits Mukhtar’s house, presses for judicial probe again

Hindustan Times  

Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav met the family members of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who died following a cardiac arrest in Banda on March 28, at his ancestral house “Phatak” in Yusufpur locality of Mohammadabad town in Ghazipur on Sunday. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav meets family members of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari at the latter's residence, in Ghazipur, Sunday …

Akhilesh visits deceased Mukhtar Ansari’s family in Ghazipur, lauds family’s contribution for country
9 months, 1 week 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
9 months, 1 week 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 …

Akhilesh to visit Mukhtar’s ancestral residence on April 7
9 months, 1 week ago

Akhilesh to visit Mukhtar’s ancestral residence on April 7

Hindustan Times  

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will visit the ancestral residence of Mukhtar Ansari, who died on March 28 following a cardiac arrest in Banda, at Yusufpur locality in Mohammadabad town of Ghazipur district on April 7 to condole his death. The SP chief will meet Mukhtar’s brothers Sibgatullah Ansari, Afzal Ansari, his nephew SP’s Mohammadabad MLA Suhaib Ansari, son Omar …

Mukhtar’s missing ‘Sikandar’ is among UP’s most wanted
9 months, 1 week 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 …

Asaduddin Owaisi visits Mukhtar Ansari's Ghazipur residence: ‘We stand with family’
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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 …

Thousands gather and chant slogans in support of gangster Mukhtar Ansari during his burial in Ghazipur
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Thousands gather and chant slogans in support of gangster Mukhtar Ansari during his burial in Ghazipur

Op India  

On Saturday, dead gangster Mukhtar Ansari was buried at his ancestral Kali Bagh graveyard in Mohammadabad, located in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. The gathered crowd even chanted slogans of ‘Mukhtar Ansari Zindabad’ during the funeral procession. Earlier, a large crowd gathered outside the house of Mukhtar Ansari in Mohammadabad in Ghazipur before the funeral procession started. #WATCH | …

Police deployed outside graveyard ahead of last rites of gangster Mukhtar Ansari
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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 …

When Mukhtar Ansari's gang killed BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai using six AK 47, 500 rounds of fire in 2005
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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 …

Mukhtar Ansari news highlights: Autopsy reveals heart attack as cause of death
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari news highlights: Autopsy reveals heart attack as cause of death

Hindustan Times  

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari is being produced in a district court in a money laundering case, in Prayagraj on Wednesday. Mukhtar Ansari news highlights: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Banda on Thursday. Mukhtar Ansari was brought to the Rani Durgavati Medical College in the city from the district jail in “an unconscious state” …

Mukhtar Ansari news highlights: Autopsy reveals heart attack as cause of death
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari news highlights: Autopsy reveals heart attack as cause of death

Hindustan Times  

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari is being produced in a district court in a money laundering case, in Prayagraj on Wednesday. Mukhtar Ansari news highlights: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Banda on Thursday. Mukhtar Ansari was brought to the Rani Durgavati Medical College in the city from the district jail in “an unconscious state” …

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
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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 …

Tejashwi, Owaisi repeat ‘poison’ claim in Mukhtar Ansari's death: ‘Prima facie…’
9 months, 2 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
9 months, 2 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 …

How it took 44 years for Mukhtar Ansari conviction
9 months, 2 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
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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 …

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