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

Harish Chandra Vishwakarma, an ex railway worker, who fought towards Mukhtar Ansari

Mau:

The stealing of two,000 bricks was the primary set off. The second was the land seize. Each 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 towards regional strongman Mukhtar Ansari the identical 12 months. It turned the primary land-grab case in a protracted listing of circumstances towards the regional heavyweight, who died of a cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. He was 63.

“All of us should die sooner or later. It’s each your story and mine,” Mr Vishwakarma, 82, who lives in Mau, informed NDTV philosophically when requested in regards to the gangster’s demise.

Since 2005, until his demise, Mukhtar Ansari had been lodged in numerous jails of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. The gangster gained the Mau meeting seat 5 instances in a row, together with twice as a Bahujan Samaj Celebration candidate.

“There was a land reverse my home which was allegedly taken over by Mukhtar Ansari’s males. A faculty was constructed there and Mukhtar Ansari was known as to inaugurate it,” mentioned Mr Vishwakarma.

“To construct a street main as much as the varsity, his (Mukhtar Ansari) males stole the two,000 bricks that I had purchased to construct my residence,” 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 varsity, he was weighed in cash, he added.

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

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

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

As he gained after a few years, the varsity 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 in a position to construct his home.