UP Police Takes Custody Of Gangster-Turned-Politician Mukhtar Ansari UP Police Takes Custody Of Gangster-Turned-Politician Mukhtar Ansari Mukhtar Ansari, an MLA from Mayawati s BSP in Uttar Pradesh s Mau, is facing 52 cases in the state and elsewhere, and 15 of them are in the trial stage. He has been in Punjab s Rupnagar jail since January 2019 in connection with an extortion case.
The Uttar Pradesh Police has said that Mukhtar Ansari is facing 52 cases in UP and elsewhere
Chandigarh:
The Uttar Pradesh Police today took custody of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari at Punjab s Rupnagar jail to transfer him to a prison in UP s Banda district.
UP Police team leaves Punjab s Rupnagar jail with Mukhtar Ansari ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 15:03 IST
Rupnagar (Punjab) [India], April 6 (ANI): A team of Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday left Punjab s Rupnagar jail with gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is facing trial in several cases.
This comes days after the Supreme Court ordered the transfer of the BSP MLA from Punjab jail to UP jail within two weeks.
The team of UP police reached Rupnagar in the early hours of Tuesday morning to take custody of Ansari.
Earlier today, fearing for her husband s life, Ansari s wife, Afshan Ansari approached the top court seeking a direction to the UP Police to not kill her husband in a fake encounter and allow him to face a free and fair trial.
Highlights
Mukhtar Ansari is a gangster-turned-politician.
He is a BSP MLA from Mau and is wanted in Uttar Pradesh for various cases.
He is presently lodged in Punjab s Rupnagar jail in connection with an alleged extortion case.
New Delhi: Mukhtar Ansari, a gangster-turned-politician, is a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA from Mau and is wanted in Uttar Pradesh for various cases. He is presently lodged in Punjab s Rupnagar jail since January 2019 in connection with an alleged extortion case.
Mukhtar Ansari is allegedly involved in various cases of attempt to murder, murder, cheating and conspiracy apart from offences under the Gangsters Act. Ten of these cases notably are at different stages of the trial.
The police said they have taken the vehicle in their custody. We have taken the ambulance in our custody, Rupnagar Deputy Superintendent of Police T S Gill said over the phone. The police said they got information that the ambulance bearing a registration number of Uttar Pradesh was lying abandoned on the roadside. Ansari, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA from Mau who is wanted in Uttar Pradesh for various cases, was ferried in the ambulance from the Rupnagar jail to a Mohali court in connection with a 2019 case of extortion. Amid tight security arrangements, Ansari was taken to the court on a wheelchair. He was sent back to the Rupnagar jail, where he is lodged since January 2019, in the ambulance after the court appearance.