Give medical, probe reports on Mukhtar Ansari's death to his son, Supreme Court tells UP

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to provide medical and magisterial inquiry reports on the death of jailed gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari on March 28, 2024 to his son Umar Ansari in two weeks.

A Bench led by Justice Hrishikesh Roy issued the order after senior advocate Kapil Sibal submitted on behalf of Umar that medical and judicial inquiry reports pertaining to Mukhtar Ansari’s death were not furnished by the state government.

Pointing out that a post-mortem was conducted on Ansari and a magisterial inquiry was also held, the Bench asked the state government to provide copies of the medical and inquiry reports in two weeks to his son.

Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj submitted on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh Government that the reports would be supplied to Umar.

Ansari, a five-time MLA from Mau Sadar, allegedly died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in Uttar Pradesh. He was in jail since 2005, with over 60 criminal cases pending against him, and was convicted in the murder case of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai.

His son had moved the top court in December 2023, seeking a direction to transfer his father to any prison outside Uttar Pradesh fearing for his life. The state government had assured the top court that it would strengthen Ansari's security inside the Banda jail, if required.

However, he allegedly died of cardiac arrest.