The Retired Railway Employee Who Took On Gangster-Politician Mukhtar Ansari

Mau:

The stealing of two,000 bricks was the primary set off. The second was the land seize. Both allegedly by gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s males. He had retired in 2003 however there was no relaxation interval.

Harish Chandra Vishwakarma, a former railway worker, filed a land-grab case in opposition to regional strongman Mukhtar Ansari the identical 12 months. It grew to become the primary land-grab case in an extended listing of circumstances in opposition to the regional heavyweight, who died of a cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. He was 63.

“We all have to die one day. It is both your story and mine,” Mr Vishwakarma, 82, who lives in Mau, informed NDTV philosophically when requested in regards to the gangster’s loss of life.

Since 2005, until his loss of life, Mukhtar Ansari had been lodged in several jails of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.

“There was a land opposite my house which was allegedly taken over by Mukhtar Ansari’s men. A school was built there and Mukhtar Ansari was called to inaugurate it,” Mr Vishwakarma, 82, who lives in Mau, informed NDTV.

“To build a road leading up to the school, his (Mukhtar Ansari) men stole the 2,000 bricks that I had bought to build my home,” he mentioned.

When Mukhtar Ansari – who hailed from Mau and was believed to have sturdy affect in Ghazipur and Varanasi districts as nicely – got here to inaugurate the college, he was weighed in cash, he added.

The gangster gained the Mau meeting seat 5 instances in a row starting 1996, together with twice as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. He final contested the meeting polls in 2017.

Upon inquiring, the retired railway worker discovered that the land belonged to the state authorities. He promptly filed a case in opposition to Mukhtar Ansari and his males.  

Asked how he managed the cash, Mr Vishwakarma mentioned he used his pension to battle the case.

Mr Vishwakarma says his large brother was assaulted by Mukhtar Ansari’s males as he refused to withdraw the case.

As he gained after a few years, the college was closed and the Mau Nagarapalika took over the property.

He by no means discovered the stolen bricks, however Mr Vishwakarma, who misplaced his spouse in 2018, was capable of construct his home.