Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies of heart attack

Mukhtar Ansari was elected as an MLA from the Mau assembly seat five times. He also wielded considerable influence in Ghazipur, his hometown. However, his mafia don image and involvement in the killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai proved to be his undoing as he was in the jail for a number of years before his death.