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  2. Mar 30, 2024 · Ajay Rai, Congress's Varanasi candidate, saw his brother Awadhesh Rai being killed by gangster Mukhtar Ansari in 1991. In 2023, Ansari was convicted, ending Ajay Rai's 32 year-battle for justice.

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  3. Jun 8, 2023 · On June 5, when a court in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi convicted jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and sentenced him to life imprisonment for the murder of a local strongman Awadhesh Rai in 1991, his younger brother and Congress leader Ajay Rai hailed the verdict, highlighting that this marked the end of a 32-year-long wait for ...

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  4. Jun 5, 2023 · Lucknow: Nearly 32 years after Congress leader Awadhesh Rai was gunned down outside his house, a Varanasi MP/MLA court Monday handed life imprisonment to jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and imposed a fine of Rs 1.20 lakh on him in connection with the case.

  5. Apr 1, 2024 · Referring to the pursuit of justice in his brother's 1991 murder case, Rai said, "Despite the 32-year wait for justice and ensuring the punishment of the prime accused, Mukhtar Ansari, I remained steadfast and resolute," he said. Rai also stressed the need for the government to address the allegations surrounding Mukhtar's death.

  6. Jun 5, 2023 · Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari was sentenced to life in jail today by a Varanasi special court for the murder of Awadhesh Rai 32 years ago. The brother of Congress leader Ajay Rai was shot dead outside his residence in Varanasi’s Lahurabir on August 3, 1991.

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  7. Jun 6, 2023 · As jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari was awarded life term in the 1991 Awadhesh Rai murder case by the court of special judge (MP-MLA) Avanish Gautam here on Saturday, the latter's brother - five-time MLA and Congress party's provincial unit president Ajay Rai - laid on the floor of the court and bowed his head in a public display of gratitude tow...

  8. Jun 5, 2023 · Mukhtar Ansari, a gangster-turned-politician, was Monday sentenced to life imprisonment in the Awadhesh Rai murder case of 1991. Awadhesh Rai was the elder brother of Ajay Rai, a Congress leader. He was shot dead outside his house at Maldiya in Varanasi when he was 30 years old.