Uttar Pradesh gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari has
been awarded 10 years jail term by a local court in a murder case. The former
MLA was convicted by the same court yesterday.
Though he was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court
on September 25, he remained in jail as he faces charges in many other cases.
The 10-year sentence came on the murder case of police
officer Kapildev Singh in 2009. The same year, Mukhtar Ansari was charged of
trying to murder another policeman, Mir Hasan.
In June, a court in Varanasi had awarded life sentence
to Mukhtar Ansari in a murder case.
The Enforcement Directorate on October 15 attached
lands, a building and bank deposits worth more than ₹ 73.43 lakh as part of the
money laundering probe against Mukhtar Ansari.
A five-time MLA, Mukhtar Ansari has also been charged
with the murder of a Congress leader in 1991, when he was starting to gain
political prominence.
In August 1991, Congress leader and brother of former
MLA Ajay Rai, Awadhesh Rai, was shot dead outside Ajay Rai’s house,
Mukhtar Ansari was not an MLA at that time. Rai had
named the gangster-politician and four others as accused in the case.
Over 15 cases against Mukhtar Ansari are pending trial
across the country; he faces at least 61 criminal cases.
The police investigated the murder case thoroughly.
They made a chart showing links between gang leaders and the former MLA before
moving in to arrest him.
Agencies
