Gangster-Politician Mukhtar Ansari Dies Of Cardiac Arrest At 63

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has died of a cardiac arrest after being hospitalised earlier in the day. The five-time former MLA from Mau in Uttar Pradesh had been in jail in the state and in Punjab since 2005. 

A medical bulletin said the 63-year-old, who was lodged in a jail in UP’s Banda, had been taken to the Rani Durgavati Medical College in the district by jail authorities in an unconscious state around 8.25 pm on Thursday after complaining of vomiting. 

“The patient was provided immediate medical care by a team of nine doctors. But, despite their best efforts, the patient died due to a cardiac arrest,” the bulletin, which was in Hindi, said. The prison department had, however, said Mr Ansari’s health had deteriorated and he had fallen in the washroom before being taken to the hospital around 3.45 am on Tuesday.  “Due to the sudden deterioration in the health of prisoner Mukhtar Ansari and falling in the toilet in the night, he was immediately given treatment by the jail doctor. After informing the district administration, a team of doctors was called by which the prisoner was referred to the medical college in the night itself,” a statement by the prison administration had said.