By Indo Asian News Service

Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Abbas Ansari was Friday acquitted in a case of inciting communal violence in an eastern Uttar Pradesh town due to lack of substantial evidence.

The acquittal was granted by a sessions' court of judge Dinesh Gupta in Mau district, about 350 km from here. Thirty-one others accused in the case were also acquitted.

Ansari was accused of opening fire at a Dussehra procession, killing a local trader Vijay Prakash and igniting a riot-like scene that left seven people dead and several injured.

Copyright Indo-Asian News Service

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