Akhilesh visits Ansari home, wants SC judge to probe his death

SP PRESIDENT Akhilesh Yadav Sunday met the family of deceased gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari at their Mohammadabad residence in Ghazipur district and demanded a probe by a sitting supreme court judge into the former MLA’S death in jail.

Ansari, a five-time MLA from Mau, died on the night of March 28 night at Banda prison. The postmortem report conducted by a team of doctors at Banda Medical College cited “heart attack /myocardial infarction” as the cause of the death, while Ansari’s family alleged that he was a victim of an “orchestrated plan”.

“The incident (Ansari’s death) was shocking for everyone – for the family, and the common people. It is even more shocking after Mukhtar Ansari himself said he was being given poison (in jail). And that’s what came to the fore. I hope the government will bring out the truth and the family will get justice... The number of custodial deaths in UP is going up... justice will only be done if the death is probed by a sitting Supreme

Court judge,” Akhilesh told mediapersons at Mohammadabad after meeting Ansari’s elder brother Afzal, his son Umar, and nephew Suhaib Ansari “Mannu” and other family members.

When asked about Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath saying that whoever comes in way of law and order will face “Ram Naam Satya”, Akhilesh said, “This language can’t be of a CM. There are institutions, courts, police stations, and tehsils... This language is being used because he wants votes. Because he has done no development. There is unemployment, and inflation and farmers’ income has not increased.”

PTI SP president Akhilesh Yadav meets family members of Mukhtar Ansari in Ghazipur, Sunday.