Ansari was a five-time MLA from Mau in Uttar Pradesh and had been in jail in various cases since 2005.
Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has died of a cardiac arrest after being hospitalised on Thursday evening. The five-time former MLA from Mau in Uttar Pradesh had been in jail in the state and in Punjab since 2005.
A medical bulletin said the 63-year-old, who was lodged in a jail in UP’s Banda, had been taken to the Rani Durgavati Medical College in the district by jail authorities in an unconscious state around 8.25 pm on Thursday after complaining of vomiting.
“The patient was provided immediate medical care by a team of nine doctors. But, despite their best efforts, the patient died due to a cardiac arrest
