NEW DELHI: A special MP/MLA court in Uttar Pradesh‘s Varanasi has held gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari guilty in the 1991 Awadhesh Rai murder case. The court will pronounce the quantum of punishment at 2 pm on Monday.
Security has been tightened on court premises and in the sensitive areas of the city.
On August 3, 1991, Congress leader and brother of Former MLA Ajay Rai, Awadhesh Rai, was shot dead outside Ajay Rai’s house in Varanasi. In this case, Ajay Rai had named Mukhtar Ansari, Bhim Singh and former MLA Abdul Kalim, in the FIR.
On May 17, a Ghazipur MP/MLA Court acquitted Mukhtar Ansari accused in a case of conspiracy of a murder attempt in Uttar Pradesh’s Mohammadabad area in the district. In 2009, Mir Hasan filed a case of attempt to murder against Ansari under 120B.
A case under section 307 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against Ansari at Mohammadabad police station in Ghazipur.
Security has been tightened on court premises and in the sensitive areas of the city.
On August 3, 1991, Congress leader and brother of Former MLA Ajay Rai, Awadhesh Rai, was shot dead outside Ajay Rai’s house in Varanasi. In this case, Ajay Rai had named Mukhtar Ansari, Bhim Singh and former MLA Abdul Kalim, in the FIR.
On May 17, a Ghazipur MP/MLA Court acquitted Mukhtar Ansari accused in a case of conspiracy of a murder attempt in Uttar Pradesh’s Mohammadabad area in the district. In 2009, Mir Hasan filed a case of attempt to murder against Ansari under 120B.
A case under section 307 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against Ansari at Mohammadabad police station in Ghazipur.
