In the latest Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died after suffering a heart attack on Thursday
According to the media sources, Ansari, who had been lodged in Banda jail, suffered a heart attack and fell in his barrack.
He was admitted to a hospital in Banda. An alert has been issued in Lucknow, Mau, Ghazipur, and Varanasi.
Security is being tightened in parts of Uttar Pradesh. This was the second time in two days his health condition had worsened.
On Tuesday, Ansari, 60, was hospitalised for around 14 hours in Banda after he complained of abdominal pain. However, he was later discharged and the jail administration took him back to prison.
Earlier, his brother and Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari alleged that he was given poison in jail. Mukhtar Ansari was a five-time former MLA from Mau Sadar seat and had been behind bars in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab since 2005. He had over 60 criminal cases pending against him. He had been sentenced in eight cases since September 2022 by different courts of UP and was lodged in the Banda jail.
Ansari’s name was on the list of 66 gangsters issued by Uttar Pradesh Police last year. His family members had earlier expressed apprehension that Mukhtar Ansari could be killed in a fake encounter.
that his client had been given “slow poison” in jail due to which his condition was deteriorating.
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