"UP govt should pay attention to allegations against it over Mukhtar Ansari's death": UP Congress President Ajay Rai

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 30 (ANI): Ajay Rai, UP Congress President, on Saturday urged the Uttar Pradesh government to address the allegations surrounding the death of incarcerated gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari.
While Mukhtar Ansari had also been convicted for the murder of Ajay Rai's brother, Awadhesh Rai, Ajay Rai refrained from making any comments on Ansari following his demise, citing cultural norms that discourage speaking ill of the deceased.
"It is our culture, that after someone's death, we do not talk about them or make any comments on them. It is considered inappropriate," he told.
"I am obligated to the judiciary to sentence him to life imprisonment for the murder of my brother Awadhesh Rai.The government should pay attention to the allegations against them," he added.
Meanwhile, Ansari was laid to rest at the Kali Bagh burial ground in Ghazipur on Saturday. His mortal remains were buried near the graves of his parents.
There was heavy security deployed in Ghazipur on account of his last rites. Police personnel were deployed along the route leading from his home to the graveyard.
Following the postmortem, the body of the gangster was brought to his Ghazipur residence on Friday night amid heavy police deployment.
Mukhtar Ansari died in a hospital at Banda, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday. His family, however, claimed that he was "given poison in the food."
According to the official release from the hospital, Ansari was brought to the hospital around 8:25 pm on Thursday. A team of nine doctors attended to him before he died, the release added.
Sibgatullah Ansari, Mukhtar Ansari's elder brother, claimed on Friday that the administration did not inform him and that he learned about his brother's death through the media.
Meanwhile, a three-member team will conduct a magisterial investigation into the death of Ansari.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate Banda issued orders concerning the judicial probe. Officials said a panel of two doctors will do the post-mortem, which will be videographed.
In April 2023, Mukhtar Ansari was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai by an MP-MLA court. He was sentenced to life in prison on March 13, 2024, in a case related to the use of forged documents for obtaining an arms licence in 1990. (ANI)