Jailed gangster politico Mukhtar Ansari dies

Banda/Lucknow: Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died at the Banda Medical College in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday following a cardiac arrest, its principal said.

Earlier in the day, Ansari was taken to the hospital from the Banda district jail after his health deteriorated. Banda Medical College principal Suneel Kaushal told PTI over phone that Ansari died following a cardiac arrest at the facility.

There was a heavy deployment of police personnel outside the hospital shortly after Ansari was taken there.

Prohibitory orders which bar large gatherings, were imposed across Uttar Pradesh following Ansari's death, UP DGP Prashant Kumar said.

There is a special deployment of police personnel in Banda, Mau, Ghazipur and Varanasi districts, he added. (PTI)