Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari today died following a heart attack. He was 63. The Uttar Pradesh government has imposed Section 144 across the state while security have been beefed up in several areas including Mau, Banda, Ghazipur, Balia and Pryagraj where the gangster had wide influence. Ansari was brought to Banda Medical College hospital after his health deteriorated today. Ansari breathed his last in the hospital.

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The district hospital issued a statement confirming Ansari’s death. “Convicted/under trial prisoner Mukhtar Ansari, son of Subhanallah, age 63, was admitted to the emergency ward of Rani Durgawati Medical College, Banda at 8.25 pm by the prison officials after the complaint of vomiting and unconsciousness. The patient was administered treatment by a team of nine doctors. However, despite efforts, the patient died due to cardiac arrest,” said the hospital.

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According to Zee News TV, the postmorterm of Ansari will be done tonight in Banda in the presence of his family members. The postmortem will be videographed as well. His body will be cremated tomorrow in Ghazipur.

: A significant meeting is underway at the Chief Minister’s residence. DGP Prashant Kumar and ADG Law and Order Amitabh Yash are present. The events at the Chief Minister’s residence are under close observation. In any case, unpleasant incidents should be avoided, says Chief Minister Yogi.

: Tomorrow is Friday, prompting high alert in the main mosques of the state. Sensitive Muslim areas will be closely monitored following Mukhtar Ansari’s death. Surveillance of all districts in Purvanchal, including Gazipur, will be conducted from the police headquarters in Lucknow. Forces will remain stationed outside major mosques after Friday prayers. Last year, Atik Ahmad was murdered during the month of Ramadan. Similarly, Mukhtar Ansari also passed away during the month of Ramadan.

Earlier, Mukhtar Ansari was shifted from Uttar Pradesh’s Rani Durgawati Medical College to jail after his discharge on Tuesday. Mukhtar Ansari was admitted to a hospital after he complained of abdominal pain in jail. Ansari’s lawyer, Naseem Haider, had claimed that the former MLA in the Uttar Pradesh assembly is experiencing difficulty speaking.

Ansari was elected as an MLA from the Mau constituency five times – twice on Bahujan Samaj Party ticket and then on Samajwadi Party’s ticket. He last contested the assembly polls in 2017. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in a case related to the use of forged documents for obtaining an arms licence in 1990. This was the eighth case in which the he was convicted.

In December 2023, the MP/MLA Court of Varanasi convicted Mukhtar Ansari for intimidating Mahavir Prasad Rungta, a witness in the murder case of 26-year-old coal businessman Nand Kishor Rungta. Ansari was sentenced to five and a half years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 10,000. Last year, on October 15, the Enforcement Directorate seized lands, a building, and bank deposits valued at over Rs 73.43 lakh as part of the money laundering probe involving Mukhtar Ansari.

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