INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
LUCKNOW: Jailed gangster, and five-time former MLA, Mukhtar Ansari was awarded life sentence on Monday for the murder of Varanasi strongman
Awadhesh Rai 32 years ago
A Varanasi MP-MLA court also slapped Rs 1.2 lakh penalty on him.This is Ansari's fifth conviction in Uttar Pradesh since September 2022
A Delhi court had sentenced him under Tada in 2003
But this is for the first time that Mukhtar, who faces 61 criminal cases, has been convicted for a murder.On Monday, he appeared before the
court through video-conferencing and reportedly pleaded innocence
After MP-MLA court's special judge Avanish Gautam convicted him in the first half of Monday's proceedings and left the quantum of
sentence for the second half, a shocked Ansari requested the judge to minimise it in view of his old age and poor health condition
He claimed that fake charges had been levelled against him in this case.03:00From notorious gangster to politician to convicted criminal:
History of Mukhtar Ansari's life in crimeAnsari, 59, is already lodged in Banda jail for his earlier convictions
He has been behind bars since 2005, after he surrendered in a case of communal violence in Mau
Awadhesh Rai was gunned down in front of his house in Lahurabir area of Varanasi on August 3, 1991 allegedly by Ansari and his henchmen
end of our 32-year struggle against a notorious criminal
I, my parents, Awadhesh's daughter and the whole family kept patience..
Governments came and went and Mukhtar strengthened himself," Ajay Rai told media persons on Monday.02:56Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari
action against criminals under our zero-tolerance policy, Mukhtar Ansari was served life imprisonment in the case
He is member of IS 151 gang leader and history-sheeter from Ghazipur and action has been taken against 288 members of his gang
around 12 noon, the court convicted him
When the court resumed after break at 2 pm, special judge (MP-MLA) Avanish Gautam awarded life imprisonment and a cash penalty of Rs 1 lakh
while pronouncing punishment on the charges framed under Sections 302 (murder) and 149 (offence committed by any member of unlawful
years in jail along with a cash penalty of Rs 20,000
As Mukhtar had earlier been granted bail in this murder case, the court ordered the Banda jail authorities to take him in judicial custody
gangster to politician to convicted criminal: History of Mukhtar Ansari's life in crime
