DM's inquiry report on gangster Mukhtar Ansari death confirms cardiac arrest

New Delhi, September 16

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of a heart attack, a report by the District Magistrate (DM) of Banda district ruling out the allegations of slow poisoning. The DM's report has confirmed the findings of the post mortem report. 

After the death of the gangster-turned-politician, his family alleged that he died due to a "slow poisoning" in Banda's District Jail.

Mukhtar Ansari's son Umar Ansari claimed that his father was subjected to "slow poisoning" in prison, and also demanded that his post-mortem be conducted by AIIMS doctors in Delhi and a magistral probe of the death.

Ansari died of a cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in March this year at the age of 63.He was in jail in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab since 2005. He had over 60 criminal cases pending against him.

Ansari was sentenced in eight cases since September 2022 by different courts in Uttar Pradesh and was lodged in the Banda jail, where he died in March this year.

After the accusation, a probe was ordered by the District Magistrate of Banda, which confirmed that Ansari died after suffering a heart attack in jail. 

During the probe, the samples of salt, jaggery, and chickpeas found in Mukhtar Ansari's barrack were sent for forensic examination, which did not confirm the presence of any poisonous substance, officials said. 

The committee also recorded statements of security personnel deployed in Mukhtar Ansari's barracks, the doctors from the jail, Banda Medical College who treated him, and the panel of doctors who conducted his post-mortem.