Varanasi: The court has sentenced mafia Mukhtar Ansari to life imprisonment in the famous Awadhesh Rai murder case in UP. Along with this, a fine of one lakh has been imposed on him. Kot has convicted Mukhtar earlier on Monday. After some time, the verdict was given on his sentence.
Mukhtar Ansari is currently in Banda Jail and was produced in the court through video conferencing. After the sentence was announced, it was decided that Monday’s day is going to be heavy on Mukhtar Ansari and he has to be punished severely.
After this, Special Judge MP-LLA Court Avneesh Gautam sentenced Mukhtar Ansari. The court gave this verdict after the police’s charge sheet, long cross-examination and testimony. During this, Awadhesh Rai’s younger brother and Congress provincial president Ajay Rai was also present in the court.
The year 2023 has been heavy for Mukhtar Ansari. In the last one year, he has been sentenced in four cases. Recently, on April 29, he was sentenced to 10 years in a gangster case. On the other hand, after hearing the case for more than two decades in the murder case, the court has given its verdict.
This case remained in headlines due to the disappearance of the original diary from the murder case. During the hearing in June 2022, it was found that the original case diary of this massacre was missing. Mukhtar Ansari was also accused of this.
On August 3, 1991, Congress leader Awadhesh Rai, living in Lahurabir area of Chetganj police station area of Varanasi, was standing outside the house with his brother Ajay Rai. Meanwhile, the miscreants who came from the van suddenly started firing targeting them, in which Awadhesh Rai died. The entire Purvanchal was shaken by this incident. There was a lot of stir in the politics of UP regarding the murder of a high profile personality.
In the case, Awadhesh Rai’s brother and currently Congress provincial president Ajay Rai made Mukhtar Ansari the main accused. Along with this, the names of Bhim Singh, Kamlesh Singh and former MLAs Abdul Kalam and Rakesh Judiciary were also included in the FIR. Of these, Kamlesh and Abdul Kalam have died.