Banda/Lucknow– Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of a cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, its principal stated.
Ansari was taken to the Rani Durgavati Medical College in Banda from the district jail after his well being deteriorated.
Medical college principal Suneel Kaushal informed PTI over cellphone that Ansari died following a cardiac arrest on the facility.
There was a heavy deployment of police personnel outdoors the hospital shortly after Ansari was taken there.
Ansari, 63, was a five-time MLA from Mau Sadar seat and was behind bars in UP and Punjab since 2005. He had over 60 felony instances pending towards him. He was sentenced in eight instances since September 2022 by totally different courts of Uttar Pradesh and was lodged within the Banda jail.
His title was on the record of 66 gangsters issued by Uttar Pradesh Police final yr.
Prohibitory orders below part 144 of the Felony Process Code (CrPC), which bars giant gatherings, had been imposed throughout the state following Ansari’s demise, Uttar Pradesh Director Normal of Police Prashant Kumar stated.
Extra deployment of police personnel has additionally been made in Banda, Mau, Ghazipur and Varanasi districts, he added.
“Groups of Central Reserve Police Power have been deployed together with native police in these districts,” the DGP stated.
Ansari, who hailed from Mau, was believed to have sturdy affect in adjoining Ghazipur and Varanasi districts as properly.
The social media cell of the Uttar Pradesh Police has additionally been activated to maintain an in depth watch on illegal components on-line, he stated.
In keeping with a medical bulletin, Ansari was dropped at the medical college round 8.25 pm on Thursday in an unconscious state after he had complained of vomiting. A crew of 9 medical doctors attended to him however he died of a cardiac arrest, it acknowledged.
Earlier, Ansari was hospitalised for round 14 hours on Tuesday after he complained of stomach ache.
On Tuesday, his brother and Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari alleged that he was given poison in jail.
The Samajwadi Get together condoled Ansari’s demise.
“Unhappy demise of former MLA Shri Mukhtar Ansari. Might his soul relaxation in peace. Might the bereaved relations get the energy to bear this immense loss. Humble tribute,” the occasion stated in a put up in Hindi on X.
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