Ex-MLA Mukhtar Ansari convicted in kidnapping and murder case, sentenced to 10 years imprisonment
The Hindu
An MP MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur on April 29 convicted jailed mafia Mukhtar Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case pertaining to the killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment.
An MP MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur on April 29 convicted jailed mafia Mukhtar Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case pertaining to the killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment.
A fine of ₹5 lakh was also imposed on the jailed mafia.
He was produced virtually before the court today.
Earlier today, wife of late BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai who was murdered in Ghazipur in 2005 allegedly by gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and his brother Afzal Ansari on Saturday said that the rule of mafia has ended in Uttar Pradesh and that she has faith in the judiciary.
"I believe in the judiciary. Rule of Goondas, Mafias have ended (in the state)," said Alka Rai.
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Earlier in January this year, the police registered a murder case against Mukhtar Ansari in connection to the 2001 'Usri Chatti' gang war incident.
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