Mukhtar Ansari's funeral in Ghazipur amid tight security

The body of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was brought to his Ghazipur residence for last rites which will be performed on March 30.

The district administration heightened security in the area.

A long convoy of vehicles left Banda on Friday evening with Ansari’s body for his home district Ghazipur. It included 24 police vehicles, two others carrying family members and the ambulance with the body of the five-time MLA from Mau Sadar.

Earlier, the autopsy conducted at Banda Medical College and Hospital confirmed that Ansari died of cardiac arrest.

This comes amid allegations by his family that Ansari died due to slow poisoning in the jail. 

Banda Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Bhagwan Das Gupta ordered the statutory magisterial probe, appointing Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Garima Singh as the investigating officer. She has been asked to submit the probe report within a month.

However, opposition parties demanded a CBI probe, or an inquiry that involves the higher judiciary. The BJP slammed them saying they have the habit of emotionally exploiting every issue to spoil communal harmony.

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