Indian gangster-turned-politician and the former legislator in the Uttar Pradesh assembly, Mukhtar Ansari, was on Saturday convicted by a local court in the kidnapping and murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Krishnanand Rai. The jailed mafia don, who was produced virtually before a special court for MP/MLA, was also fined Rs 500,000 (approx. US $6116) and handed a 10-year prison sentence. This is the fourth case in which the five-time MLA, who is lodged in the Banda district jail, has been convicted.