Mukhtar Ansari awarded prison term in seventh case in 15 months
1 year, 3 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari awarded prison term in seventh case in 15 months

Hindustan Times  

Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who has been behind bars in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab since 2005, has been awarded prison terms in seven cases in the last fifteen months. This was the seventh case in which Mukhtar Ansari was convicted and given punishments since September 2022, UP Police special director general Prashant Kumar said On Friday, the Varanasi MP/MLA court sentenced the former legislator to five years and six months in prison for issuing life threats to the brother of coal trader and BJP leader Nand Kishore Rungta. Sharing further details, UP Police special director general Prashant Kumar said this was the seventh case in which Ansari was convicted and given punishments since September 2022. Kumar said the Ghazipur MP/MLA court, on October 27 this year, gave him 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and a penalty of ₹5 lakh in a Gangsters Act case lodged against him in 2010. On December 15, 2022, the Ghazipur MP/MLA court sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment in each of the two Gangsters Act cases lodged against him in 1996 and 2007.

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Supreme Court grants interim bail to UP MLA Abbas Ansari in Gangsters Act case
3 weeks ago

Supreme Court grants interim bail to UP MLA Abbas Ansari in Gangsters Act case

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari, the son of late gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, in a case filed under the state's Gangsters Act for alleged extortion and assault. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh directed Abbas not to leave Uttar Pradesh without prior permission of the court and inform …

Man gets 30 years imprisonment for raping minor
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Man gets 30 years imprisonment for raping minor

The Hindu  

An Additional District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi has sentenced a 21-year-old man to 30-year imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹36,000 on him for raping a minor girl. As per the information provided by Shantaveer Tuppad, the Public Prosecutor in the case, Anil Karagar, a resident of Navanihal at Kamalapur taluk in Kalaburagi district, sexually assaulted a girl who …

Four get 20 years imprisonment in 2022 gang-rape case
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Four get 20 years imprisonment in 2022 gang-rape case

The Hindu  

: The Fast Track Mahila Court at the Combined Court Complex here on Thursday convicted four persons and sentenced them to 20 years of imprisonment in connection with the gang-rape case that took place in Vellore in March 2022. Judge Maheshwari Bhanurekha delivered the verdict, sentencing Santhosh, 22; Bharath, 23; Manikandan, 25; and Santhosh, 24, to 20 years of imprisonment …

Supreme Court Asks UP Govt To Provide Medical & Enquiry Reports On Gangster-Politician Mukhtar Ansari's Death To His Son
2 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Man gets 60-yr jail for raping 3 minors in Jagtial
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Man gets 60-yr jail for raping 3 minors in Jagtial

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: A special fast track court in Jagtial district sentenced 59-year-old S. Muttaiah to 60 years of imprisonment after he was found guilty for sexually assaulting three minor girls. Additional Principal District and Sessions Judge G. Neelima sentenced Muttaiah to 20 years of imprisonment in each of the three separate cases and imposed a fine of `1,000 for each case. …

Chhattisgarh: Mukhtar Ansari killed a woman and her two minor children in Balrampur, skeletons found two months later, arrested
4 months, 1 week 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 sets aside Ghazipur court order convicting SP MP Afzal Ansari in Krishnanand Rai murder case
7 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
7 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
8 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
8 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
8 months, 3 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 …

One for my brother, appeals Afzal as Mukhtar Ansari’s shadow looms large in Ghazipur
10 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 …

HC to hear state counsels’ arguments on Afzal plea today
10 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 ₹ …

4 awarded life sentence for gang rape of minor Hindu girl in Madhubani
10 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, …

No poison found in Mukhtar Ansari’s viscera: Police
11 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 …

Jailed MLA Abbas Ansari allowed to attend father Mukhtar Ansari's 'fatiha'
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Jailed MLA Abbas Ansari allowed to attend father Mukhtar Ansari's 'fatiha'

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed jailed MLA Abbas Ansari to attend the 'fatiha' or special prayers of his late father Mukhtar Ansari on April 10. Furthermore, the court also directed UP Police to let Abbas Ansari meet his family on April 11 and 12. Recently, Abbas Ansari sought permission from the Supreme Court to attend his father's last rites …

SC closes proceedings on Mukhtar Ansari’s appeal against conviction in case
11 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 …

Mukhtar underwent health checks 84 times since 2021
11 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
11 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
11 months, 4 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's Mortal Remains Brought To Ghazipur Residence Late Night, Last Rites Underway
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari's Mortal Remains Brought To Ghazipur Residence Late Night, Last Rites Underway

ABP News  

Mukhtar Ansari Death: The deceased body of Mukhtar Ansari, a former gangster turned politician, who passed away due to a cardiac arrest on Thursday, has been transported to his residence in Ghazipur for the final rites under heavy police deployment by the district administration on Saturday. #WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: Security heightened outside the residence of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in …

Mukhtar Ansari: Rise & fall of mafia don with illustrious family legacy
11 months, 4 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 …

Mukhtar Ansari's postmortem report says cause of death cardiac arrest; viscera to be sent for forensic examination
11 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 …

Judicial inquiry ordered into death of Mukhtar Ansari
11 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 Dies of Cardiac Arrest Amid 'Poisoning' Allegations: A Brief Chronology of Gangster's Health Troubles
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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 …

On Mukhtar Ansari's death, wife of BJP MLA killed by him: ‘Today is Holi for us’
11 months, 4 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 …

Congress, Samajwadi Party and others mourn the death of Mukhtar Ansari, demand probe
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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 …

Mukhtar Ansari's death: 'My father was given slow poison’, claims son Umar Ansari
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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
11 months, 4 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 …

Mukhtar Ansari files: BJP MLA was killed with AK-47, his braid chopped off
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari files: BJP MLA was killed with AK-47, his braid chopped off

India Today  

That November 29 afternoon in 2005 was colder than usual. In April 2023, a court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur convicted and sentenced Mukhtar Ansari to 10 years imprisonment for Krishnanand Rai's murder. WHY MUKHTAR ANSARI GOT KRISHNANAND RAI KILLED In the swathes of UP's Purvanchal, old timers remember every detail of the 80s and 90s when the rise of mafia …

Mukhtar Ansari: A career in crime and politics
11 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, five-time former Uttar Pradesh MLA with 63 cases, eight convictions
11 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 …

How did Mukhtar Ansari die? Why his brother complained of slow-poisoning
11 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 …

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies

The Hindu  

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari ied of cardiac arrest on Thursday within hours after he was rushed to the Rani Durgawati Medical College in Banda district. “Around 8:25 p.m. convicted/undertail prisoner Mukhtar Ansari, son of Subhanullah, aged 63, was brought by jail staff to the Emergency department at the Rani Durgawati Medical College in an unconscious state. In June 2023, a …

Mukhtar Ansari, gangster-turned-politician, dies in hospital after suffering cardiac arrest
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhtar Ansari, gangster-turned-politician, dies in hospital after suffering cardiac arrest

Hindustan Times  

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died on Thursday night after he suffered a heart attack in the Banda jail. Mukhtar Ansari died in hospital on Thursday after he suffered a heart attack in jail. DGP Prashant Kumar as per the medical bulletin shared by the Banda Medical College, Mukhtar Ansari is dead. Prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure …

Who Was Mukhtar Ansari? 'Bahubali' Gangster Of UP Who Was Convicted For BJP MLA's Murder
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Who Was Mukhtar Ansari? 'Bahubali' Gangster Of UP Who Was Convicted For BJP MLA's Murder

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Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died after he suffered a heart attack in jail in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district on Thursday. A convicted gangster and politician from Uttar Pradesh, 61-year-old Mukhtar Ansari had been elected as MLA from the Mau constituency five times, including twice as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. Mukhtar Ansari was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment …

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