Mau MLA Abbas Ansari, Brother Sentenced To 2 Years In 2022 Hate Speech Case
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Abbas Ansari, son of jailed gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, held responsible of issuing threats to authorities officers throughout 2022 polls.
Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s son Abbas Ansari, an MLA, being produced in court docket after he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a cash laundering case, in Prayagraj. (IMAGE: PTI FILE)
Mau MLA Abbas Ansari was sentenced to 2 years in jail on Saturday after a particular MP/MLA court docket discovered him responsible in a hate speech case linked to the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Meeting elections.
Ansari, son of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, had allegedly threatened authorities officers throughout a public rally within the run-up to the elections. An FIR was lodged in opposition to him and others shortly after the remarks had been made.
The court docket in Mau pronounced the sentence after holding Ansari responsible of delivering provocative statements geared toward intimidating officers. His brother Mansoor Ansari has additionally been sentenced in reference to the identical case.
Ansari had contested the 2022 polls on a Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Occasion (SBSP) ticket as a part of the Samajwadi Occasion alliance.
It stays to be seen if the decision might set off disqualification proceedings beneath the Illustration of the Folks Act, which bars convicted lawmakers sentenced to 2 years or extra from holding workplace.
Ansari is charged with sharing the dais at a rally in Mau district in 2022, the place his brother allegedly threatened authorities officers with payback, after election outcomes.
In March 2022, Mau Police booked the Ansari brothers beneath Part 171F (offence of undue affect at an election) and 506 (felony intimidation) of Indian Penal Code after a video of the speech went viral on social media throughout the election marketing campaign.
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