Varanasi: Less than a year after the Varanasi court sentenced gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari to life imprisonment for the 1991 murder of Aw.
Jamiat Ulama i Hind, one of the largest representative bodies of the Indian Muslims, mourned the death of former MLA Mukhtar Ansari, allegedly because of poisoning in prison, calling him a renowned leader.
Late Krishnanand Rai s wife Alka Rai said they never celebrated Holi following the murder of her husband. "We never celebrated Holi after the incident (the murder), I felt that today is Holi for us. What is there to see? It is a day of happiness for those children who were orphaned because a criminal has been removed from the earth."
The family of former BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai, who was killed by Mukhtar Ansari in 2005, on Friday (29 March) said that the death of the notrorious gangster was a "blessing of the almighty"
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. | Latest News India