A staff of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday left for Punjab to deliver again gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who faces trial in a number of instances within the state, officers mentioned.
Punjab’s house division in a letter had requested the Uttar Pradesh authorities to take custody of Ansari from the Rupnagar jail on or earlier than April 8.
It had written to the Uttar Pradesh further chief secretary (house) following a March 26 Supreme Court order that had directed the Punjab authorities to switch the BSP’s Mau MLA to UP’s Banda jail in two weeks from the Rupnagar jail, the place he has been since January 2019 in reference to an extortion case.
“A team of over 80 Uttar Pradesh Police personnel equipped with sophisticated weapons and a company of the Provincial Armed Constabulary left from Banda on Monday morning to bring back Ansari from Punjab,” a senior police official mentioned.
Delivering the order on March 26, the apex court docket had additionally famous that Ansari was allegedly concerned in numerous instances of try to homicide, homicide, dishonest and conspiracy aside from offences below the Gangsters Act, lodged in Uttar Pradesh and 10 of those instances are at totally different levels of trial.
Acting Superintendent of the Banda District Jail Pramod Tiwari mentioned that for Ansari, all preparations have been made in Barrack Number-15, the place no different prisoner can attain.
“Three prison guards will be deployed inside the barrack,” he mentioned.
In the letter, the Punjab Home Department had requested the Uttar Pradesh further chief secretary (Home) for appropriate preparations to be made for Ansari’s switch. “The said handover is to be made at district jail Rupnagar on/before April 8,” the letter said.
It additionally mentioned that Ansari suffered from sure medical circumstances and the identical could also be saved in thoughts whereas making preparations for his switch.
Additional Director General of Police, Allahabad Zone, Prem Prakash had on Sunday mentioned that an ambulance will a part of the convoy going to Punjab.
Mukhtar Ansari’s brother Afzal Ansari, who’s the MP from Ghazipur, on Sunday had mentioned, “The safety of Mukhtar after he comes to the UP jail is the responsibility of the judiciary and of the Yogi Adityanath government. The court should monitor the safety and medical facilities.”
