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Indian gangster-politician, Mukhtar Ansari dies of cardiac arrest

A 63-year-old former gangster and Indian lawmaker, Mukhtar Ansari, has died of cardiac arrest in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Mukhtar Ansari, who was a former gangster leader before joining politics, had been in prison since 2005. However, his family has said the circumstances around his death were controversial after saying he was given a “poisonous substance” in jail. According to BBC, the police...