Former assistant regional transport officer of Barabanki has been suspended in reference to utilizing faux paperwork of ambulance to ferry gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari from a Punjab jail to a Mohali court docket in March this yr.
Additional District Magistrate Ram Asrey confirmed the event. Rajeshwar Yadav, the then Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO) of Barabanki, has been suspended in reference to the faux ambulance papers case, sources within the transport workplace stated on Thursday.
Yadav is at the moment posted on the Regional Transport Office (RTO), Ballia. A particular investigation group (SIT) was arrange by the Uttar Pradesh Police to probe the case.
On April 2, a case was registered in Barabanki after the paperwork of the ambulance bearing UP registration quantity have been discovered to be faux. Ansari, the BSP MLA from Mau, wished in Uttar Pradesh for varied instances, was on March 31 produced earlier than the Mohali court docket in reference to an alleged 2019 extortion matter. After an preliminary probe, the identify and tackle given for the registration of the ambulance have been discovered to be false.
