Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 8 : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and former Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari has appealed to the Allahabad High Court against the sentence given by the special court of Ghazipur in a 16-year-old gangster act case.
Ansari has also given notice to the UP government to appeal against this sentence, and the appeal can be filed soon.
The Ghazipur MP/MLA Court convicted the BSP leader in a kidnapping and murder case pertaining to the killing of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to four years imprisonment. A fine of Rs 1 lakh was also imposed on Afzal.
Pertaining to this, the gangster-turned-politician also lost his Lok Sabha membership.
Security was heightened ahead of the verdict by an MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur in a kidnapping and murder case against gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, and BSP MP Afzal Ansari on Saturday.
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