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Jailed UP MLA Abbas Ansari has sought an urgent Supreme Court hearing to attend the funeral of his father Mukhtar Ansari...
Mukhtar Ansari's son, Abbas Ansari, who is currently lodged in Kasganj jail, has approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to attend his father's funeral..
Abbas Ansari is the current MLA from Uttar Pradesh's Mau constituency where Mukhtar Ansari was the legislator for five terms...
Since today is a holiday at the top court due to Good Friday, Abbas Ansari's lawyer has contacted the vacation officer of the Supreme Court demanding an urgent hearing...
Days before his death, Mukhtar Ansari had approached the Barabanki court saying he was served food laced with poison inside the prison...
