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National Mukhtar Ansari’s MLA son Abbas sentenced to two-year jail in hate speech case
PUBLISHED: 31 May 2025, 06:42 PM IST
LAST UPDATE: 31 May 2025, 06:42 PM IST
Mukhtar Ansari’s MLA son Abbas sentenced to two-year jail
Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari, son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, was sentenced to two years imprisonment in a 2022 hate speech case by a special MP-MLA court on Saturday.
In the wake of his conviction and sentencing, the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) MLA from Mau Sadar seat could face disqualification from the Assembly.
According to the prosecution, during the last assembly elections, Abbas Ansari, who was contesting as an SBSP candidate from the Mau Sadar seat, had threatened the Mau administration during a public meeting at Paharpur ground on March 3, 2022, saying he will “settle scores and teach them a lesson” after the elections.
Defence lawyer Daroga Singh told PTI videos that Ansari was booked under Indian Penal Code sections 189 (threat to cause harm to public servant), 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on the basis of religion, caste, place of birth, residence and language and spoiling the harmony), 171F (undue influence in election) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
Singh said that after hearing both sides, special MP/MLA court Judge K P Singh convicted Abbas Ansari on Sat
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