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Allahabad HC sets aside Ghazipur court order convicting SP MP Afzal Ansari
The Allahabad high court set aside Ghazipur MP-MLA court order sentencing Samajwadi Party MP Afzal Ansari for four years in Krishnanand Rai murder case
Published on Jul 29, 2024 03:57 PM IST
On Mukhtar Ansari's death, wife of BJP MLA killed by him: ‘Today is Holi for us’
In April 2023, Mukhtar Ansari was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai by an MP MLA court.
Published on Mar 29, 2024 11:24 AM IST
Jeeva’s killing will shatter Mukhtar Ansari’s criminal network, says former police officer
Jeeva became the closest aide of Ansari, who was operating his business despite being in jail during these years, says former police officer
Updated on Jun 09, 2023 12:50 AM IST
Rohit Kumar Singh, Lucknow
Sanjeev Maheshwari: Gangster whose life in crime was bookended by violence
Notorious gangster Sanjeev Maheshwari was killed in a dramatic shooting inside a courtroom in Lucknow.
Updated on Jun 08, 2023 05:28 AM IST
S Raju, Meerut
Allahabad HC admits Afzal Ansari’s appeal against conviction in Krishnanand Rai murder case
The special MP/MLA court by its judgment dated April 29, 2023, had convicted Afzal Ansari and Mukhtar Ansari in the case
Updated on May 25, 2023 09:41 PM IST
JItendra Sarin, Prayagraj
How prosecution cell countered Mukhtar Ansari’s stalling tactics
UP police additional director general (ADG), prosecution cell, Ashutosh Pandey said the courts also expedited the matter when charges were framed in nine cases against Ansari, a five-time former MLA from Mau.
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 06:50 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Mukhtar Ansari’s close aide killed by Uttar Pradesh STF in encounter
Police said Rakesh Pandey was involved in several murders and shootouts carried out allegedly by Mukhtar Ansari’s gang in the past 23 years
Published on Aug 09, 2020 07:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | HT Correspondent
Krishnanand Rai murder: UP government to file appeal in HC against acquittals
Principal Secretary, Home, Avnish Awasthi said the chief minister had taken cognizance of the judgement of the Delhi court and the state government would examine the judgement and file an appeal in the high court.
Published on Jul 05, 2019 12:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Krishnanand Rai murder case: Over 400 bullet shells recovered from crime scene
Krishnanand Rai, who was an MLA from Mohammadabad assembly constituency in Ghazipur, was sprayed with bullets along with six others in Ghazipur by a group of assailants armed with AK-47 assault rifles.
Published on Jul 04, 2019 10:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Rohit K Singh, Lucknow
Mukhtar Ansari, six others acquitted in murder of BJP MLA
Had not the prosecution witnesses turned hostile, the outcome of the trial may have been different, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court said, and cited the handicap posed by the absence of a witness protection programme.
Updated on Jul 04, 2019 01:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Bajrangi aide may avenge killing, feel cops
State police agencies believe that dreaded gangster of west UP Sanjeev Maheshwari alias Jeeva, co-accused in BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai murder and who is presently lodged in Mainpuri jail, may strike to avenge Bajrangi’s killing inside Baghpat jail on July 9.
Published on Jul 13, 2018 02:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Rohit K Singh, Lucknow
A criminal at 17, gangster Munna Bajrangi had 40 cases of murder and extortion against him
Gangster Munna Bajrangi was first arrested for possessing illegal firearm during a brawl with a group of youngsters near his house in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur.
Updated on Jul 10, 2018 11:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | HT Correspondent, Lucknow