Varanasi, March 29 -- Alka Rai, wife of late BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai, who was killed by Mukhtar Ansari, said on Friday that "justice has been served" with the death of the gangster-turned politician. Mukhtar Anasri 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. 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."

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