New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (April 9) will hear the plea of the wife of gangster-turned-politician and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mukhtar Ansari seeking instructions to the Uttar Pradesh police.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mukhtar Ansari’s wife Afshan Ansari filed a petition within the Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 6) seeking protection for her husband.
Mukhtar Ansari’s wife in her petition acknowledged that her husband is in peril of being killed in an encounter.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy is scheduled to hear the plea of Afshan Ansari on April 9. Afshan Ansari in her plea has additionally expressed apprehension about doable risk to Mukhtar Ansari‘s life in Uttar Pradesh.
The petition stated the BSP chief may very well be killed whereas being taken to Banda jail or whereas in jail. The petition additionally demanded that BSP chief ought to be given safety.
The plea has additionally sought instructions by the apex courtroom to the UP authorities to guarantee security of Ansari and protection of his rights below Article 21 of the Constitution are safeguarded.
