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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been using the late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s legacy as a key issue in its campaign vocabulary in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Top party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, have invoked the dreaded days of Ansari’s mafia raj to unite upper caste votes in the region. The BJP’s strategy involves highlighting the conflict between Ansari and other slain gangsters from upper caste communities, playing on fears of security and maintaining law and order.

An investigation into the demise of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who died in prison last month, has determined that no poison was found in his viscera. This finding refutes allegations by Ansari’s family that he was poisoned while incarcerated. Despite the postmortem report initially attributing his death to a heart attack, his family maintained that he was gradually poisoned in jail. The viscera report, however, has now dismissed this claim. Ansari’s brother, while expressing distrust in the reports, alleges that improper sample handling and a suspicious investigation process occurred. Mukhtar Ansari, a former legislator from Mau, passed away while serving his sentence last month.

Samajwadi Party leader and Mukhtar Ansari’s brother, Afzal Ansari, has expressed disappointment over the viscera report of his deceased brother. The report, released after Mukhtar Ansari’s death on March 28, confirmed that no poisonous substances were found in his body. Afzal Ansari alleged that the samples needed for the viscera test were not sent. The jailed gangster turned politician’s viscera report has sparked controversy and raised questions about the circumstances surrounding his death.

A viscera test report released on Tuesday has revealed that gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of natural causes, dismissing claims of poisoning. The post-mortem report, conducted in the presence of Ansari’s son, stated that the cause of death was a heart attack. This contradicts allegations made by Ansari’s family and several politicians that he was poisoned while in prison custody.