Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh), December 15: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has been convicted in another case and sentenced to 10 years in prison under the UP Gangsters Act.
The testimony, debate, and cross-examination of 11 witnesses in the former MLA's five gang charges were completed. The court also sentenced the MLA's aide Bhim Singh to ten years in prison.
The conviction is related to a number of cases, including one in Ghazipur involving an assault on the Additional Superintendent of Police.
Case number 165/96 Section 148,307,332, IPC Police Station Kotwali Ghazipur and case number 192/96 Section 3 (1) of UP Ghazipur Police Station Kotwali which are linked to the fatal attack on the Additional SP and some other policemen in Ghazipur was being heard in the court. The case dates back to 1996.
Other cases against the gangster-turned-politician include Rajendra Singh murder case, Vashishtha Tiwari alias Mala Guru murder case, Awadhesh Rai murder case, Constable Raghuvansh Singh Murder Case.
Also Read | Bihar: Death toll in Chhapra hooch tragedy mounts to 39