Mukhtar Ansari was once a terror in Uttar Pradesh’s Purvanchal, in which many audacious incidents were carried out. Mukhtar Ansari is currently in jail, but two murders were very famous in his criminal history. One was the murder of Krishnanand Rai and the second case was the famous Awadhesh Rai murder case of Varanasi, in which Mukhtar Ansari was an accused.
In the 90s, apart from Mukhtar Ansari, many other Bahubalis were fighting to establish their supremacy in Purvanchal. In those days, gang war between gangs was also common for these mafia. However, the incident that happened on August 3, 1991 in the Chetganj area of Varanasi remains in the minds of the people till date. In this massacre, Awadhesh Rai was shot and killed by firing.
Mukhtar Ansari was accused in the famous Awadhesh Rai murder case of Varanasi. A few days later, Ajay Rai, younger brother of Awadhesh Rai, filed a case against Mukhtar Ansari, former MLA Abdul Kalam and others. Ajay Rai is also an eyewitness in this case and the hearing of the said case is going on in the court of MP-MLA.
Many types of story were revealed behind this whole massacre. In which it was said that another Bahubali of Awadhesh Rai’s family was close to Brijesh Singh. Violent clashes were frequent between Mukhtar Ansari and Brijesh faction in those days. Because of this Awadhesh Rai was murdered. The charge in the case was on Mukhtar Ansari but Ajay Rai has told the developments many times while talking to the media.
In this whole incident by Ajay Rai in which direct allegations were leveled against Mukhtar Ansari. According to the report of Aaj Tak, Ajay Rai had said that his elder brother Awadhesh was going somewhere on the day of the incident. Due to which he was standing outside the house near the car and then a van comes. Suddenly firing was fired from this van towards them and the attackers fled. It all happened so quickly that he didn’t get a chance to recover.
According to Ajay Rai, we chased the car after the incident but to no avail. During this our brothers fell on the ground and when they were taken to the nearby Kabir Chaura hospital, they were declared brought dead. According to Ajay Rai, other people were also present in this van along with Mukhtar; On which later a case was also registered. However, the trial in this murder case is still going on in the court.