PRAYAGRAJ: Eight prisoners including two henchmen of former MP and don-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed were shifted from Naini Central Prison to jails of other districts on Thursday. The step was taken on administrative grounds, prison officials said.
One of Atiq’s henchmen Ashiq aka Malli was shifted to Jaunpur jail, while another of his aides Amir aka Bhutto was transferred to Kaushambi district prison.
Another notorious criminal Sajju Khan was shifted to Mirzapur jail. He is the key accused in a shootout near Naini Jail in which two persons were killed a few years back. He is a member of the Akhtar Katra gang, which was hired to kill the kin of another gangster Santosh Yadav in Jhunsi area. The two family members were returning after meeting Yadav in Naini jail.