Mathura (Uttar Pradesh):Campus Front of India leader Rauf Shareef is being brought from Kerala by plane after a court here issued a production warrant in connection with a case of funding and stirring up unrest following the assault and death of a woman in Hathras, his counsel said on Saturday.
Shareef was lodged in Ernakulam Jail after being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in December in a money laundering case. "Shareef was taken out of Ernakulam jail on Saturday about 4.30 pm for his onward journey to Mathura," his counsel Madhuban Datt Chaturvedi said. He is likely to be presented before Additional District and Sessions Judge (first) Anil Kumar Pandey on Sunday and then may be sent for judicial custody for his appearance in the court on February 16, Chaturvedi said.
On the request of the Uttar Pradesh STF, a 'B warrant' was issued by the additional district and sessions Judge for the production of the fifth accused, Shareef, in the court on February 16. On January 16, a similar warrant was issued by Sessions Judge Anil Kumar Pandey for the appearance of Shareef in the court on February 1 but he did not turn up. If a person is in jail for more than one offence, B warrant is issued for him and the accused is presented before court by jail authorities and not by police.