Mukhtar Ansari’s ambulance found abandoned on Manali road near Ropar
The ambulance which was used to ferry gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari from a Punjab jail to a Mohali court docket just lately was found abandoned on Manali road near Ropar. Teams of the Punjab police have rushed to grab the automobile.
Earlier at the moment, a particular investigation crew (SIT) was arrange by the Uttar Pradesh police fo additional probe into the difficulty of pretend paperwork of the mentioned ambulance. On April 2, a case was registered in Barabanki after the paperwork of the ambulance bearing UP registration quantity have been found to be faux.
Wanted in Uttar Pradesh for numerous circumstances, Ansari, a BSP MLA from Mau was on March 31 produced earlier than the Mohali court docket in reference to an alleged 2019 extortion matter. Ansari was taken to court docket in a wheelchair, amid tight safety preparations. He was despatched again to Punjab’s Rupnagar jail, the place he’s lodged since January 2019, within the ambulance after the looks.
An FIR was registered beneath related sections of the Indian Penal Code, together with 420 (forgery), 471 (fraudulently or dishonestly utilizing paperwork as real), 467 (forgery of worthwhile safety) and 468 (forgery for goal of dishonest).
The Supreme Court had just lately directed the Punjab authorities handy over the custody of Ansari to the Uttar Pradesh Police, saying it was being denied on trivial grounds beneath the guise of medical points.
The apex court docket had additionally mentioned {that a} convict or an undertrial prisoner, who disobeys the regulation of the land, can not oppose his switch from one jail to a different and the courts are to not be helpless bystanders when the rule of regulation is being challenged with impunity.
The court docket had mentioned the custody of Ansari, a BSP MLA from the Mau constituency, be handed over to Uttar Pradesh inside two weeks in order to lodge him in Banda district jail in Uttar Pradesh.
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