A senior hospital source, who oversaw the post-mortem examination on Friday and had access to the report, told PTI on condition of anonymity, "The cause of death of Mukhtar Ansari was found to be heart attack (myocardial infarction)."
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On Tuesday, Ansari was hospitalised for around 14 hours in Banda after he complained of abdominal pain. However, he was later discharged and the jail administration took him back to prison.
Jailed gangster-turned-politician, Mukhtar Ansari died due to cardiac arrest, hours after he was admitted to hospital on Thursday. To maintain the law and order situation, section 144 was imposed across Uttar Pradesh after his death