Indian mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari jailed for 10 years in 2007 Gangster Act case
Mukhtar Ansari
Indian gangster-turned-politician and the former legislator in the Uttar Pradesh assembly, Mukhtar Ansari, was on Saturday convicted by a Ghazipurcourt in a Gangster Act case filed after the kidnapping and murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Krishnanand Rai.
The jailed mafia don, who was produced virtually before a special court for MP/MLA, was also fined Rs 500,000 (approx. US $6116) and handed a 10-year prison sentence.
This is the fourth case in which the five-time MLA, who islodged in the Banda district jail,has been convicted.
Mukhtar Ansari's elder brother and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Member of Parliament (MP) Afzal Ansari,too, was convicted in the case and was sentenced to four years in prison and fined Rs 100,000 (US$1,223 approx.). Following his conviction, Afzal will lose his membership ofthe parliament.
“I believe in the judiciary, mafia rule in UP has ended," said Alka Rai, wife of late BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai, while talking toreporters ahead of the judgment.
Ansari is the second gangster-turned-politician to have been convicted for his crimes after the now-deceased gangster-politicianAtiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf Ahmad.
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BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai was murdered by gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari and his brother Afzal Ansari in 2005 while he had gone to his native village for attending a family wedding.
He was informed of death threats by the Special Task Force officers, that serial killers have been hired by Mukhtar Ansari to eliminate him.
The incident took place when was ambushed on his way back home by assailants who used automatic rifles. At that time, he did not use his bullet-proof vehicle or guards. Seven people died in that incident.
In jail since 2005
Ansari, who has 61 cases registered against him, has been in jail since 2005 after he surrendered in a communal riot case in Mau district in which seven people died. He contested from the Mau Sadar constituency seat five times—twice as a BSP candidate and thrice as an Independent—and won comfortably.
In the last assembly election, Ansari stepped down and fielded his elder son Abbas from the same Mau Sadar seat on the ticket of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), which had allied with theSamajwadi Partyfor the polls.
(With inputs from agencies)
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