• Earlier today, Mukhtar Ansari's body was transported to Ghazipur for the burial following the postmortem at a Banda hospital.
• Security measures have been intensified in Ghazipur and the adjacent areas, notably Mau, where he had five terms as an MLA. He will be laid to rest at a family cemetery in Ghazipur.
• abbas Ansari, the son of Mukhtar Ansari, has petitioned the supreme court for an expedited hearing in order to be granted permission to attend his father's burial. abbas Ansari is now the mla from Mau and is being held at Kasganj jail.
• The gangster-politician's post-mortem revealed that he passed away from heart arrest, medical sources said news agency PTI. The whole autopsy process was captured on camera.
• After hearing claims from Ansari's family that he was administered slow poison while incarcerated, the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Banda issued judicial investigative orders over his death. The magisterial inquiry will be carried out by a three-person team.
