As soon as information was received about mafia Mukhtar Ansari's health suddenly deteriorating on Thursday night and being sent to Banda Medical College, the DGP Headquarters also swung into action and four districts of Purvanchal under the influence of Mukhtar and his supporters were immediately alerted.  Deployment of the  additional police forces started in Ghazipur, Mau, Azamgarh and Varanasi.  At the same time, paramilitary forces were deployed to increase security in Banda also.  In view of the Friday prayers, the police have been instructed to exercise special caution.  All arrangements were made till the official information was received about Mukhtar's death due to heart attack at around 10.30 pm.  After the post-mortem, tight security arrangements will be made while taking his body to his ancestral residence in Mohammadabad, Ghazipur on Friday.