Mukhtar Ansari Convicted

Uttar Pradesh gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari has been sentenced to 10 years by a local court in a murder case. The former MLA was convicted by the same court yesterday.

Gangster-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari's brother Afzal Ansari -- disqualified as a member of the Lok Sabha on Monday after he was convicted and sentenced to four-year imprisonment in a kidnapping-and-murder case -- has received relief.

Ansari has been charged with the murder of a Congress leader in 1991, when he was starting to gain political prominence. On August 3, 1991, Congress leader and brother of former MLA Ajay Rai, Awadhesh Rai, was shot dead outside Ajay Rai's house.

Jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari was today convicted by a court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi in a 32-year-old murder case. A five-time MLA, Ansari has been charged with the murder of a Congress leader in 1991.

An MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur today convicted jailed mafia Mukhtar Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case pertaining to the killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment.

The Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court order convicting former Uttar Pradesh MLA Mukhtar Ansari and sentencing him to a seven-year jail term for intimidating and threatening a jailer to kill in 2003.

Uttar Pradesh gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari has been sentenced to 10 years by a local court in a murder case. The former MLA was convicted by the same court yesterday.

Gangster-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari's brother Afzal Ansari -- disqualified as a member of the Lok Sabha on Monday after he was convicted and sentenced to four-year imprisonment in a kidnapping-and-murder case -- has received relief.

Ansari has been charged with the murder of a Congress leader in 1991, when he was starting to gain political prominence. On August 3, 1991, Congress leader and brother of former MLA Ajay Rai, Awadhesh Rai, was shot dead outside Ajay Rai's house.

Jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari was today convicted by a court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi in a 32-year-old murder case. A five-time MLA, Ansari has been charged with the murder of a Congress leader in 1991.

An MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur today convicted jailed mafia Mukhtar Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case pertaining to the killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment.

The Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court order convicting former Uttar Pradesh MLA Mukhtar Ansari and sentencing him to a seven-year jail term for intimidating and threatening a jailer to kill in 2003.