Banda: Gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari passed away at Banda Medical College Hospital in Uttar Pradesh after suffering a cardiac arrest on Thursday night. Ansari was brought to the hospital around 8:25 PM where a team of nine doctors attended to him before he died.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Expressing condolences over the death of Mukhtar Ansari, the Samajwadi Party took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, “Sad demise of former MLA Shri Mukhtar Ansari. May his soul rest in peace. May the bereaved family members get the strength to bear this immense sorrow. Humble tribute !”.
- Ansari was admitted to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda on Tuesday, after he complained of abdominal pain.
- He was then shifted to Uttar Pradesh’s Rani Durgawati Medical College after his discharge on Tuesday.
- Ansari was elected as an MLA from the Mau assembly seat five times, including twice as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate.
- Ansari was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in April 2023, for the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai by an MP MLA court.
- He was sentenced to life in prison on March 13, 2024, in a case related to the use of forged documents for obtaining an arms licence in 1990.
