UP Court Convicts Ex-MLA Mukhtar Ansari In A Gangster Act Case, Handed 10-Year Jail Term, ₹5 Lakh Fine Also Imposed

An MP/MLA Court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district today convicted former MLA Mukhtar Ansari in a Gangster Act case. He has been sentenced to 10 years in Jail and a fine of Rs. 5 lakh has also been imposed upon him.

The case under the Gangster Act was registered after Ansari was booked for his involvement in the kidnapping of Vishwa Hindu Parishad office-bearer Nandkishore Rungta in the year 1996 and also in the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Krishnanand Rai in the year 2005.

In December last year also, a Court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur District convicted former MLA Mukhtar Ansari and his aide (Bhim Singh) in a 26-year-old Gangster Case. This was the third case in which he has been convicted this year. He has been sentenced to 10 years in jail.

Earlier, in September last year, the High Court had convicted him in two cases. In one case, the HC had found him guilty of intimidating a Jailer who was performing public duty by abusing him and pointing a revolver/pistol toward him, and threatening to kill him in the year 2003.

Read more about the case here: Allahabad High Court Sentences Mukhtar Ansari To 7-Year-Jail For Abusing, Intimidating And Threatening A Jailer For His Life In 2003.

In another case, the HC had convicted Ansari to 5 years in jail in connection with a 23-year-old case under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986. 

Read more about the case here: Allahabad High Court Sentences Mukhtar Ansari To 5-Year Jail Under Gangsters Act In A 23-Year-Old Case