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Pandemonium At Mukhtar Ansari’s Funeral; Supporters Smash Barricades, Storm Cemetery

Mukhtar Ansari Funeral: Chaos erupted at the funeral of Mukhtar Ansari Friday as thousands of supporters of the deceased gangster-politician turned up for his last rites at the Kalibagh cemetery in his native Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh ,

Ansari’s supporters, who turned up for the funeral in massive numbers, tore down barricades and stormed the cemetery grounds to pay their last respects to the deceased gangster even as security personnel deployed at the site asked them to proceed in an orderly fashion and maintain calm.

Visuals shared on social media platforms showed some supporters arguing with police officials.

Large crowd in Mukhtar Ansari’s funeral

According to reports, hundreds of thousands of people accompanied the ‘Janaza (funeral procession)’ of Mukhtar Ansari and took part in the funeral prayers of Mukhtar Ansari who was laid to rest at his ancestral burial ground at the Kalibagh cemetery in Ghazipur.

District authorities had imposed restrictions under Section 144 of CrPC and deployed police and paramilitary forces at strength across Ansari’s native Ghazipur in order to prevent any law and order situation.

 

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