Chaos during the funeral for Mukhtar Ansari; supporters smash barricades and storm the cemetery

Mukhtar Ansari burial: As hundreds of the dead gangster-politician’s fans arrived for his last ceremonies at the Kalibagh graveyard in his birthplace, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, chaos broke out during his burial on Friday.

Massively attending the burial, Ansari’s fans broke down barriers and flooded the cemetery grounds to pay their last respects to the gangster, even as security guards stationed at the scene ordered them to remain calm and move in an organised manner.

Social media users posted images of several fans fighting with police officers.

a sizable attendance at Mukhtar Ansari’s burial
Hundreds of thousands of people reportedly saw Mukhtar Ansari’s “Janaza” (funeral procession) and participated in his funeral prayers before he was buried in his ancestral grave at the Kalibagh cemetery in Ghazipur.

In order to avert any law and order crisis, district officials had deployed police and paramilitary personnel around Ansari’s hometown of Ghazipur and imposed restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPC.

Ansari’s corpse was transferred early on Saturday morning to the family’s ancestral cemetery, which is located around 0.5 km from their home and was excavated on Friday. According to officials, complex security measures were put in place outside Ansari’s home and the burial site.

After a post-mortem at the Banda Medical College and Hospital in the Banda district was completed, Mukhtar Ansari passed away on Thursday night from a heart attack. His remains were returned to his village on Friday at midnight.

Following the completion of the final rituals at his Ghazipur residence, the family, including his brother Afzal Ansari and son Umar Ansari, accompanied the corpse in a funeral procession to the Kali Bagh burial cemetery. The former mobster became politician.

The burial procession was joined by a sizable throng that yelled support for Ansari.

Family Ansari collaborating: DIG
The mob attempted to push its way into the burial cemetery, where entrance was prohibited, and police had a difficult time controlling them. According to a senior official, security guards, including paramilitary ones, were stationed in full strength around the Ansari home and the burial site.

“The Ansari family is assisting law enforcement.” People started arriving on Friday night, and notifications were made to make sure there was never any congestion, according to DIG O P Singh of the Varanasi Range. He also mentioned that there was enough police presence throughout.

Suhaib Ansari, a Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA and Mukhtar Ansari’s nephew, wrote on X on Friday.

“Last night, my uncle Mukhtar Ansari passed away. He will be laid to rest at our Yusufpur Mohammadabad (Ghazipur) Kali Bagh cemetery tomorrow at 10 am. We ask that you all offer prayers for the deceased’s pardon.

Death of Mukhtar Ansari
Mukhtar Ansari, who was being held in the Banda district prison in Uttar Pradesh, passed away on Thursday night from a cardiac attack in the midst of accusations of “slow poisoning” made by members of his family, including his son, Mau MLA Afzal Ansari.

According to an official statement, Mukhtar Ansari complained of vomiting and was taken to the Banda medical college on Thursday night at about 8:25 PM while unconscious. It said that despite the care of a group of nine physicians, he passed away from cardiac arrest.

Ansari had earlier complained of stomach ache and was admitted to the hospital for almost 14 hours on Tuesday.

Report on Ansari’s post-mortem cardiac arrest
Concurrently, the Banda Medical College issued Mukhtar Ansari’s post-mortem report, confirming early allegations that the mafia-politician passed away from a “myocardial infarction,” or, to put it more simply, a heart attack.