The high court on April 13 had dismissed Umar s plea seeking anticipatory bail.It had also dismissed a plea of Mukhtar Ansari s other son Abbas Ansari, an SBSP MLA, seeking quashing of the charge sheet in the same case. It passed the orders on two petitions moved independently by the two brothers. Umar Ansari Bail Plea: Mukhtar Ansari’s Son Granted Anticipatory Bail by Supreme Court in Evacuee Property Case.
A Varanasi court on Monday convicted gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari in the murder of Congress leader Awadhesh Rai more than 30 years ago. A five-term MLA, Ansari is already serving a 10-year jail term in another kidnapping and murder case
Awadhesh Rai was the elder brother of Ajay Rai, a Congress leader who contested against PM Modi in 2014 and 2019. While Ajay was the witness against Ansari in the Awadhesh murder case, Ansari's party had announced support to him ahead of the 2014 polls.
Special Judge Avanish Gautam awarded life sentence to Ansari today for the murder of Awadhesh Rai, the brother of ex-MLA Ajay Rai who was shot dead in August 1991.
Reportedly, the entire case against him was heard by the court on the basis of photocopies since the case diary went missing, making it the first case where the verdict has been pronounced on the basis of duplicate papers