Varanasi: Alka Rai, wife of late BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai, who was killed by Mukhtar Ansari, said on Friday said "justice has been served" with the death of the gangster-turned-politician.
Mukhtar Ansari died in a hospital in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday. Speaking to ANI, Rai said, "What can I say? This is the blessing of the Almighty. My long wait for justice has come to an end. I got justice, finally, my Holi begins now. I used to pray to him for justice and it has been served today." She said they never celebrated Holi following the murder of her husband.
"We never celebrated Holi after the incident (the murder), I felt that today is Holi for us. What is there to see? It is a day of happiness for those children who were orphaned because a criminal has been removed from the earth." On the opposing parties raising questions about the death of Ansari, she said, "It is a wrong thing."
The son of the deceased however claimed that his father was given "poison" in the food. "Now the whole nation knows everything... Two days ago I came to meet him, but I was not allowed... We said earlier also and even today we will say the same about the allegation of giving slow poison. On March 19, he was given poison at the dinner. We will move to the judiciary, we have full faith in it..." Umar Ansari said.