1. Mukhtar Ansari was an Indian gangster, convicted murderer and a politician, based in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
26 Facts About Mukhtar Ansari
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Mukhtar Ansari's father was Subhan Ullah Ansari, who was a leader of the Communist party.
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Mukhtar Ansari's grand-uncle was Mohammad Usman, who was a brigadier in the Indian Army; he never married and remained bachelor all his life.
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Ansari's family claim patrilineal lineage from the 11th century sufi saint Abdullah Ansari of Herat in Afghanistan, who was a direct descendant of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Mukhtar Ansari was originally an alleged member of the Makhanu Singh gang.
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Mukhtar Ansari's gang competed with him for the control of the 100 crore contract business, which spanned areas such as coal mining, railway construction, scrap disposal, public works, and the liquor business.
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Mukhtar Ansari entered politics around 1995 through a student union at Government PG College, Ghazipur, became an MLA in 1996, and started challenging Brijesh Singh's dominance.
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Three of Mukhtar Ansari's men were killed in the resulting shootout.
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Mukhtar Ansari later claimed that Rai used his political office to award all the contracts to Brijesh Singh's gang, and the two planned to eliminate him.
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Mukhtar Ansari capitalised on the Muslim votebank to secure his electoral triumph during the Ghazipur-Mau area elections.
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Consequently, Mukhtar Ansari faced charges of inciting violence following one such riot.
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Mukhtar Ansari was acquitted of these charges by the court.
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Mukhtar Ansari had identified Ansari and Bajrangi's shooters, Angad Rai and Gora Rai, as the two gunmen who attacked Rai's convoy.
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Mukhtar Ansari was later arrested in 2008 in Orissa, and later entered politics as a member of the Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party.
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In 2008, Mukhtar Ansari was booked for ordering an attack on Dharmendra Singh, a witness in a murder case.
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Mukhtar Ansari fought the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi on the BSP ticket while still lodged in the jail.
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In 2010, Mukhtar Ansari was booked for the murder of Ram Singh Maurya.
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Mukhtar Ansari was shifted to the Mathura prison soon after the raid.
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In March 2014, Mukhtar Ansari announced that he would contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections against Narendra Modi from Varanasi and lost there with by a huge margin, besides contesting from Ghosi.
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On 26 January 2016, Mukhtar Ansari rejoined the Bahujan Samaj Party before the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative elections.
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Mukhtar Ansari defeated his nearest rival, Mahendra Rajbhar of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party by 6464 votes.
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Mukhtar Ansari was elected five times as MLA from the Mau constituency.
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Mukhtar Ansari was in jail from 2005 in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab states for another criminal case.
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Mukhtar Ansari was awarded a life sentence on 13 March 2024 in connection with a fake arms licence case.
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An autopsy carried out by the panel of doctors from AIIMS Delhi over his body confirmed that Mukhtar Ansari died of a heart attack.
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Mukhtar Ansari attributed this discomfort to some poisonous substance that he believed had been introduced into his food.