Several Uttar Pradesh Police personnel reached Punjab s Rupnagar district on Tuesday to bring back jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who faces trial in several cases in the state, officials said. Around seven vehicles of the Uttar Pradesh Police reached the Rupnagar Police Lines around 4:30 am, they said. The Police Lines is around four kilometres away from the Rupnagar jail, where Ansari has been lodged since January 2019 in connection with an extortion case. Punjab s home department in a letter had asked the Uttar Pradesh government to take custody of Ansari from the Rupnagar jail on or before April 8. It had written to the Uttar Pradesh additional chief secretary (home) following a March 26 Supreme Court order that had directed the Punjab government to transfer Ansari to UP s Banda jail in two weeks from the Rupnagar prison.
Seven Vehicles Of UP Police Reach Punjab To Take Custody Of Mukhtar Ansari
Punjab s home department in a letter had asked the Uttar Pradesh government to take custody of Mukhtar Ansari from the Rupnagar jail on or before April 8. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-06T10:00:12+05:30 Seven Vehicles Of UP Police Reach Punjab To Take Custody Of Mukhtar Ansari outlookindia.com 2021-04-06T10:02:30+05:30
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Ansari faces trial in several cases in the state.
Around seven vehicles of the Uttar Pradesh Police reached the Rupnagar Police Lines around 4:30 am, they said.
The Police Lines is around four kilometres away from the Rupnagar jail, where Ansari has been lodged since January 2019 in connection with an extortion case.
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.