March 30, 2024: The last rites of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari will be performed today i.e March 30. The mortal remains of the gangster was brought to his Ghazipur residence in Uttar Pradesh on Friday evening amid heavy police deployment.

Ansari's family alleges that he lost his life due to "slow poisoning" while in custody at Banda jail but the autopsy report revealed that he died due to cardiac arrest. He was brought to the Rani Durgavati Medical College Hospital in Banda from the district jail in "an unconscious state" and later died at the hospital.

A judicial inquiry has been ordered by the Chief Judicial Magistrate Bhagwan Das Gupta following concerns raised by opposition parties the demise of Mukhtar Ansari.

Following Ansari's demise, the state implemented prohibitory orders prohibiting large gatherings. The UP Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were heavily deployed in districts including Banda, Mau, Ghazipur, and Varanasi.