Mukhtar Ansari death LIVE UPDATES: Security preparations have been beefed up in Uttar Pradesh after the death of Mukhtar Ansari, who suffered a cardiac arrest on Thursday (March 28) evening. Police performed a flag march within the affected areas, and an alert has additionally been issued in all the state, mentioned IG Aligarh Range Shalabh Mathur. On Tuesday, he was admitted to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda after he complained of stomach ache. He was then shifted to Uttar Pradesh’s Rani Durgawati Medical College after his discharge. Ansari was elected as an MLA from the Mau meeting seat 5 occasions, together with twice as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. He had a powerful affect in Ghazipur, his hometown. In April 2023, Mukhtar Ansari was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the homicide of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai by an MP MLA courtroom. He was sentenced to life in jail on March 13, 2024, in a case associated to the usage of cast paperwork for acquiring an arms licence in 1990. Before this, in December 2023, the MP/MLA Court of Varanasi had discovered Mukhtar Ansari responsible of threatening Mahavir Prasad Rungta, a witness within the homicide of 26-year-old coal businessman Nand Kishor Rungta, and had sentenced him to 5 and a half years of rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fantastic of Rs 10,000 in opposition to him.