Banda/Lucknow, Mar 28 (PTI) Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.
Prohibitory orders below Part 144 of the Prison Process Code (CrPC), which bars giant gatherings, have been imposed throughout the state and extra safety personnel deployed within the Banda, Mau, Ghazipur and Varanasi districts.
Ansari was dropped at the Rani Durgavati Medical School in Banda from the district jail in “an unconscious state” and, in response to its principal Suneel Kaushal, he died on the hospital following cardiac arrest.
Ansari’s brother and Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari had on Tuesday alleged that he was being subjected to “sluggish poisoning” in jail, a cost denied by the authorities.
Ansari (63) was a five-time MLA from Mau Sadar. He had been behind bars in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab since 2005. He had over 60 felony circumstances pending in opposition to him.
He was sentenced in eight circumstances since September 2022 by totally different courts in Uttar Pradesh and was lodged within the Banda jail. His identify was on the record of 66 gangsters issued by Uttar Pradesh Police final 12 months.
Uttar Pradesh Director Basic of Police Prashant Kumar mentioned prohibitory orders below Part 144 of the CrPC have been imposed throughout the state and groups of the Central Reserve Police Power together with the native police deployed in Banda, Mau, Ghazipur and Varanasi.
Ansari, who hailed from Mau, was believed to have a robust affect within the adjoining Ghazipur and Varanasi districts as effectively.
The social media cell of the Uttar Pradesh Police has additionally been activated to maintain a detailed watch on illegal parts on-line, the police chief mentioned.
Based on a medical bulletin, Ansari was dropped at the medical faculty round 8.25 pm on Thursday in an unconscious state after he had complained of vomiting. A staff of 9 medical doctors attended to him however he died of cardiac arrest, it said.
Officers on the police headquarters in Lucknow mentioned Ansari’s autopsy might be achieved in Banda and will probably be videographed. The viscera might be preserved if wanted, they mentioned.
Earlier, Ansari was hospitalised for round 14 hours on Tuesday after he complained of belly ache.
In January 2019, Ansari, then a BSP MLA, was lodged in Punjab’s Ropar jail in reference to an extortion case and remained there for greater than two years. The Uttar Pradesh authorities approached the Supreme Courtroom to convey Ansari again to the state.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi condoled Ansaari’s loss of life and mentioned regardless of severe allegations over the previous MLA being poisoned, the state authorities didn’t take note of his therapy.
“Condemnable and regrettable,” Owaisi mentioned in a submit in Hindi X.
The Samajwadi Celebration and the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) Tejashwi Yadav additionally condoled Ansari’s loss of life.
“Received the unhappy information of the demise of former UP MLA Shri Mukhtar Ansari. We pray to God to grant peace to the departed soul and energy to the bereaved household to bear the loss,” Tejashwi Yadav mentioned in submit in Hindi on X.
“A couple of days in the past he had complained that he had been poisoned in jail, but it was not taken significantly. Prima facie this doesn’t appear justifiable and humane. Constitutional establishments ought to take suo motu cognizance of such unusual circumstances and incidents,” the previous Bihar deputy chief minister added.
“Unhappy demise of former MLA Shri Mukhtar Ansari. Might his soul relaxation in peace. Might the bereaved members of the family get the energy to bear this immense loss. Humble tribute,” the Samajwai Celebration mentioned in a submit in Hindi on X.
Former Bihar MP Pappu Yadav, who joined the Congress not too long ago, termed Ansari’s loss of life an “institutional homicide” and demanded a court-monitored probe into it.
“Former MLA Mukhtar Ansari’s institutional homicide… It’s like burying the legislation, Structure, pure justice,” Pappu Yadav mentioned in a submit in Hindi on X.
The Chief Justice of India ought to take “suo motu cognizance of this. There needs to be a court-monitored neutral investigation,” the Congress chief mentioned.
“He was making allegations for a number of days that he was being given sluggish poison. His MP brother additionally made this allegation. That is an indelible blot on the nation’s constitutional system,” he added. PTI ABN CDN SZM
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