Ballia (Uttar Pradesh): A transport officer has been suspended in connection with the registration of an ambulance used to ferry gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari from a Punjab jail to a Mohali court in March this year.
Rajeshwar Yadav, the then Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO) of Barabanki, faced action over his alleged role in the fake ambulance papers case, sources in the transport office said on Thursday. Yadav is currently posted at the Regional Transport Office (RTO), Ballia. Additional District Magistrate Ram Asrey confirmed the development. A special investigation team (SIT) was set up by the Uttar Pradesh Police to probe the case. On April 2, a case was registered in Barabanki after the documents of the ambulance bearing UP registration number were found to be fake.