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Mukhtar Ansari Death News: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of a heart attack at Banda Medical College Hospital on Thursday night. He was being treated by a team of nine doctors. However, he could not be saved.

Earlier on Tuesday, he was admitted to the medical college. The doctors diagnosed him with constipation, and after treatment, they sent him to jail the same day. His health was checked in the jail on Wednesday, and everything was found to be normal. Meanwhile, police has announced prohibitory orders under CrPC Section 144 across Uttar Pradesh.

Ansari's lawyer, Naseem Haider, had claimed that the former MLA in the Uttar Pradesh assembly is experiencing difficulty speaking. "Some reports are pending. He is stable, but he is having difficulty speaking," Naseem Haider said.

(Visuals from outside the hospital. Image: Jagran)

Ansari has been elected as an MLA from the Mau constituency five times, including twice as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. He last contested the assembly polls in 2017.

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Earlier on March 13, Ansari was sentenced to life imprisonment in a case related to the use of forged documents for obtaining an arms licence in 1990. This was the eighth case in which the former five-time MLA has been convicted and sentenced by a court in Uttar Pradesh in the past two years.

Before this, in December 2023, the MP/MLA Court of Varanasi had found Mukhtar Ansari guilty of threatening Mahavir Prasad Rungta, a witness in the murder of 26-year-old coal businessman Nand Kishor Rungta, and had sentenced him to five and a half years of rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 against him.

On October 15, last year, the Enforcement Directorate attached lands, a building, and bank deposits worth more than Rs 73.43 lakh as part of the money laundering investigation against Mukhtar Ansari.

His brother had alleged earlier that Mukhtar was given poison in Jail. His death was condoled by Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party.

The Samajwadi Party condoled Ansari's death. 

"Sad demise of former MLA Shri Mukhtar Ansari. May his soul rest in peace. May the bereaved family members get the strength to bear this immense loss. Humble tribute," the party said in a post in Hindi on X.

(With inputs from agencies)