Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Prashant Kumar, Additional Director General (ADG) Law and Order, Uttar Pradesh Police, said that mafia don Mukhtar Ansari will be brought from Punjab under tight security. The move comes days after the Supreme Court had ordered the transfer of the BSP MLA from Roopar jail in Punjab to UP's Banda jail within a span of two weeks.
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"Mukhtar Ansari is currently lodged in Punjab jail. The Uttar Pradesh government approached the Supreme Court which ordered the transfer of Ansari from Punjab to Uttar Pradesh. In line with Supreme Court's order, Ansari will be brought to Uttar Pradesh amidst tight security and will be lodged in jail (Uttar Pradesh). Ansari is a history-sheeter of Ghazipur's Mohmadabad Police Station," Prashant Kumar said, adding that 52 cases have been registered against Ansari in Uttar Pradesh and other states.
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Kumar further said that the worth of his properties along with that of his aides which were seized is worth Rs 1,92,06,22,000 and that around 96 persons from Ansari's gang have been arrested. "75 out of 96 persons, action has been taken under the Goonda Act," the ADG added.
On March 26, the Supreme Court ordered the transfer of Mukhtar Ansari to jail in Uttar Pradesh from Punjab within two weeks, to face trials here.
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Earlier in February, the UP government had accused the Punjab government in the Supreme Court, alleging that the latter had colluded with the BSP leader Mukhtar Ansari who was wanted in UP for his links in various criminal cases.
The top court had also dismissed a plea by Ansari seeking transfer of cases pending against him in Uttar Pradesh to Delhi.
(ANI)
