Pakistan on Mukhtar Ansari Death: Pakistan media has started spewing venom on the death of mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. Pakistani media has blamed Yogi Adityanath's government for the death of mafia Mukhtar Ansari. In the report published in Pakistani newspaper Dawn, it has been written that Mukhtar Ansari's death was a conspiracy. Dawn wrote- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is one of the Presidents of India's most populous state who believes in policing. Dawn wrote that since he came under his leadership in Uttar Pradesh in March 2017, police have killed 190 people in alleged firing incidents. This type of action is called Takkar in Uttar Pradesh.
Dawn wrote that – from March 2017 to September 2023, 5,591 people have been injured in police encounters in Uttar Pradesh. Describing Ansari's death as suspicious, the newspaper said that a year ago in Uttar Pradesh, another prominent Muslim leader was shot dead publicly on live TV. Even then questions were raised on the Uttar Pradesh government.
Ansari was laid to rest
The mortal remains of Mukhtar Ansari were laid to rest amid tight security at Kalibagh cemetery near his native Yusufpur Mohammadabad in Ghazipur district on Saturday. Family sources said that earlier in the morning, the body was taken out from Mukhtar's ancestral residence in which family members and supporters including MP brother Afzal Ansari, son Omar Ansari and MLA nephew Suhaib Ansari were present. Family and relatives, including his elder brother and former MLA Sigbatullah Ansari, also attended the funeral. Meanwhile the crowd also raised slogans. After reaching the cemetery, Afzal Ansari appealed to the people not to crowd and maintain peace. After which Sigbatullah also reached there.
Mukhtar's family accused him of giving slow poison
After Mukhtar Ansari's health deteriorated on Thursday, he was taken from Banda District Jail to Rani Durgavati Medical College, where he died of a heart attack. Mukhtar's family accused Ansarin of giving him slow poison in the jail. However, the postmortem report revealed that Mukhtar died of a heart attack.