Jailed gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest at the age of 63 on Thursday (March 28) evening.
Ansari, who was lodged in Banda district jail, was rushed to Rani Durgavati Medical College in Banda, Uttar Pradesh earlier on Thursday evening after his health deteriorated.
Reportedly, Ansari’s health deteriorated after he broke his Ramzan fast in the evening.
This was the second time in two days when Ansari’s health deteriorated. Earlier on Tuesday (March 26), Ansari was taken to the hospital and admitted for around 14 hours after he complained of abdominal pain.
Mukhtar Ansari is a five-time former MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district and has been behind bars in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab since 2005.
He has over 60 criminal cases pending against him. He was sentenced in eight cases since September 2022 by different courts of Uttar Pradesh and was lodged in the Banda jail.
Ansari’s name was on the list of 66 gangsters issued by Uttar Pradesh Police last year.
