A Banda court has directed an additional chief judicial magistrate (CJM) to investigate the death of former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Mukhtar Ansari and submit a report within one month, PTI reported..Ansari passed away at the Rani Durgavati Medical College in Banda, Uttar Pradesh last night after reportedly suffering a cardiac arrest.It is claimed that he was taken to the hospital at around 8:45 PM after losing consciousness in the district jail in Banda, where he was lodged following his conviction in various criminal cases..On March 13 this year, a special court in Varanasi had sentenced Ansari to life imprisonment in a fake arms license case.He was convicted in several other cases including a kidnapping case, a 1999 case under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters Act, the 1991 murder of Awadhesh Rai (the brother of a Congress leader) and a 2003 case for intimidating a jailer by pointing a pistol at him..On March 21, Ansari had purportedly penned a letter to the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Mau, alleging that he was being poisoned by the jail authorities in Banda..Follow Bar and Bench channel on WhatsAppDownload the Bar and Bench Mobile app for instant access to the latest legal news.