In a major development in the BJP legislator Krishnanand Rai's murder case, BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari, Munna Bajrangi and five others have been acquitted. Mukhtar Ansari's brother Afzal Ansari also has been acquitted by Delhi CBI court in connection with the 2005 assassination case.
Dreaded gangster Munna Bajrangi, who was prime accused in BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai's murder, was murdered last year. Bajrangi was lodged in Baghpat jail and was shot dead inside the premises of jail by his fellow inmate.
BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai was shot more than 100 times with bursts of Ak 47 by in November 2005. Bajrangi was last arrested in 2009 from Mumbai by a special cell team led by DCP Sanjeev Yadav.
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