By PTI
GHAZIPUR: A district courtroom right here has sentenced gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and an confederate to 10 years in jail below the Gangsters Act in reference to the homicide of Congress chief Ajay Rai’s brother.
Additional Sessions Judge, MP/MLA Court, Durgesh additionally imposed a positive of Rs 5 lakh every on Ansari and his confederate Bhim Singh on Thursday.
The courtroom convicted Ansari and Singh below the Gangsters Act and sentenced them to 10 years in jail, Additional District Government Counsel (ADGC) Neeraj Kumar mentioned.
Elaborating on the case, Kumar mentioned at round 1 am on August 3, 1991, Congress chief Ajay Rai and his brother Awadhesh have been standing on the gate of their home in Varanasi when some car-borne assailants, together with Ansari, got here there and shot Awadhesh.
All the attackers had weapons of their fingers. Ajay Rai fired from his licensed pistol, following which the assailants left behind their automotive and fled, he mentioned.
Ajay Rai rushed his brother to a hospital in Kabirchaura, the place docs declared him useless. In this connection, a case was registered in opposition to Ansari and Singh at Ghazipur police station. A five-time former MLA, Ansari, 59, is dealing with over 4 dozen felony circumstances. He is presently lodged in Banda jail in Uttar Pradesh.
GHAZIPUR: A district courtroom right here has sentenced gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and an confederate to 10 years in jail below the Gangsters Act in reference to the homicide of Congress chief Ajay Rai’s brother.
Additional Sessions Judge, MP/MLA Court, Durgesh additionally imposed a positive of Rs 5 lakh every on Ansari and his confederate Bhim Singh on Thursday.
The courtroom convicted Ansari and Singh below the Gangsters Act and sentenced them to 10 years in jail, Additional District Government Counsel (ADGC) Neeraj Kumar mentioned.
Elaborating on the case, Kumar mentioned at round 1 am on August 3, 1991, Congress chief Ajay Rai and his brother Awadhesh have been standing on the gate of their home in Varanasi when some car-borne assailants, together with Ansari, got here there and shot Awadhesh.
All the attackers had weapons of their fingers. Ajay Rai fired from his licensed pistol, following which the assailants left behind their automotive and fled, he mentioned.
Ajay Rai rushed his brother to a hospital in Kabirchaura, the place docs declared him useless. In this connection, a case was registered in opposition to Ansari and Singh at Ghazipur police station. A five-time former MLA, Ansari, 59, is dealing with over 4 dozen felony circumstances. He is presently lodged in Banda jail in Uttar Pradesh.
