Mukhtar Ansari's Family Alleges Poisoning In Jail, Says Will Go To Court

The family of Mukhtar Ansari - who had been in jail in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab since 2005 - has alleged that he was being posioned in the prison.

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh late last evening.

Ansari was rushed to the hospital in Banda after he fell unconscious in the district jail. He died at the Rani Durgavati Medical College during the treatment after suffering a cardiac arrest.

The family of Mukhtar Ansari - who had been in jail in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh since 2005 - has alleged that he was being posioned in the prison.