The Uttar Pradesh government is likely to file a review petition in the Krishnanand Rai murder case in which don-turned-lawmaker Mukhtar Ansari has been given reprieve by a CBI court.
Krishnanand Rai’s wife has already declared that she would move the High Court against acquittal of Mukhtar Ansari by the CBI court..
Government spokesman Awanish Awasthi said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had taken cognisance of the judgement in the Krishnanand Rai case.
“The government will examine the judgement and file appeal in the High Court,” he said in a written statement here on Thursday.
The CBI court has acquitted Bahujan Samaj Party MLA from Mau Sadar, Mukhtar Ansari, his brother and BSP’s Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari along with all other accused in the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai, who was gunned down in broad daylight in 2005.
Rai was MLA from Mohammadabad in Ghazipur. The accused were acquitted due to lack of evidence.