Mukhtar Ansari convicted in Awadhesh Rai murder case; Special court convicts jailed gangster in 32-year-old case
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The MP/MLA court in Varanasi on Monday convicted jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari in a 32-year-old murder case. The quantum of the sentence will be announced later in the day. A five-time MLA, Ansari has been charged with the murder of a Congress leader in 1991, when he was gaining political prominence. On August 3, 1991, Awadhesh Rai, Congress leader and brother of former MLA Ajay Rai, was shot dead outside the latter's house in Varanasi.