Mukhtar Ansari, a convicted criminal in murder and extortion case, and an under trial accused in several other criminal matters, died after a heart attack in the Banda jail.
Police have been deployed outside the burial ground to maintain law and order as people have gathered to pay their respects to the gangster turned politician.
The police have also announced a reward of Rs 75,000 on Afzal Ansari's arrest. There are 13 cases registered against her including a case under the gangster act.
Sailendra Singh kept fighting against the establishment to prove his innocence until the BJP government led by Yogi Adityanath came to power in the state and filed an application in the court to withdraw cases against him.
On the other hand, Congress, BSP supremo Mayawati, and the family members of the dead gangster Mukhtar Ansari demanded an investigation regarding the death.
Meanwhile, Krishnanand Rai’s nephew Anand Rai has said that “the family of Mukhtar Ansari will now feel the pain that our family went through at the time of our uncle's murder.”
The Allahabad HC had convicted Ansari saying his image was that of a dreaded criminal and mafia don, who had more than 60 cases of heinous crimes registered against him.