Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari gets life term for 1991 murder

Updated: Jun 5 2023 4:33PM

Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari gets life term for 1991 murder

Lucknow, Jun 5 (PTI) A court in Varanasi on Monday awarded life sentence to gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari in the murder of a Congress leader's brother, Awadhesh Rai, more than 30 years ago.

Awadhesh Rai, the brother of Congress leader Ajay Rai, was shot dead on August 3, 1991, at the gate of his Lahurabir residence in Varanasi. A case was registered against Ansari and others.

Ansari faces 61 criminal cases in different states of which he has now been convicted in six. In April, he was sentenced to 10 years in jail by a court in Ghazipur under the Gangsters Act.

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