The gangster-turned-politician was brought to Rani Durgavati Medical College in Banda from district jail in 'unconscious state' Thursday. He died at the hospital following cardiac arrest.
Ansari was taken to Banda Medical College Thursday after his health deteriorated. His brother Afzal Ansari, who is a Ghazipur MP, alleged that he was given poison in jail.
In 1987, Ansari had sought arms license for a double-barreled gun & allegedly forged signatures of then Ghazipur DM & SP for the same. An MP/MLA court in Varanasi had Tuesday convicted him.
Apart from Atiq and Ashraf, Vijay Mishra also represented gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. He had called the killings of Atiq & Ashraf a 'political conspiracy'.
This comes days after CM announced decision to 'recover Rs 55 lakh', spent on 'keeping Ansari in a Punjab jail', from former CM & his jails minister Sukhjinder Randhawa.
Mann had announced costs for keeping Ansari in Punjab jail would be recovered from the two leaders. While Amarinder called it 'foolish', Randhwaha says he will take legal recourse.
In 1991, Congress leader Awadhesh Rai, brother of former MLA Ajay Rai, was shot dead outside his house. Ansari, a gangster-politician, was convicted Monday by a Varanasi court,
An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.
A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.
Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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