Mukhtar Ansari under UP Police custody now
A staff of Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday left for Banda jail from Punjab’s Rupnagar with gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. Ansari is being brought to Banda from Punjab on the behest of the Supreme Court. As many as 100 UP Police personnel reached Punjab yesterday to carry again Ansari. Ansari, an MLA from Mau, is going through trial in a number of circumstances in Uttar Pradesh.
The Supreme Court had on March 26 ordered to shift Ansari from Punjab to Uttar Pradesh. The apex courtroom famous that Ansari was allegedly concerned in numerous circumstances of try to homicide, homicide, dishonest and conspiracy aside from offences under the Gangsters Act, lodged in Uttar Pradesh and 10 of those circumstances are at completely different phases of trial.
Earlier at this time, Ansari’s spouse moved the Supreme Court looking for safety and safety for her husband. She mentioned that she fears for his life in Uttar Pradesh and urged the highest courtroom to cross needed instructions for her husband’s safety throughout the transportation and likewise when he’s produced earlier than the courts for listening to. She mentioned that needed instructions must be given to the state Home division and police for a free and honest trial and “(he)is not killed/encountered in the process”.
Meanwhile, two barracks within the Banda jail have been transformed into an isolation cell for Ansari who shall be lodged right here after he’s brought again. The barrack can have a three-layer safety. The outer safety ring shall be manned by two groups of civil police, every led by a sub-inspector and 10 armed constables. The second safety ring will comprise particular CCTVs which have been put in on the entry factors and a staff of 5 jail officers which can keep watch over the CCTV footage round the clock. The third and innermost ring will comprise a staff of jail warders.Â
Pramod Tiwari, performing superintendent of the Banda District Jail, mentioned no different prisoner can entry Barrack Number-15 the place Mukhtar Ansari shall be saved.
Ansari has been lodged in Rupnagar jail since January 2019 in reference to an extortion case.
The Uttar Pradesh Police has mentioned that Ansari is going through 52 circumstances in UP and elsewhere, and 15 of them are within the trial stage.Â
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