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Mukhtar Ansari brought back to UP s Banda jail from Punjab prison
Mukhtar Ansari brought back to UP s Banda jail from Punjab prison
Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was brought back to Uttar Pradesh s Banda jail early Wednesday. He was earlier lodged at a Punjab jail in connection with an extortion case.
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Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was back to UP s Banda jail from Punjab prison. (File photo)
After spending more than two years in a Punjab prison, gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was brought back to Banda jail in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday morning.
Mukhtar Ansari was ferried in an ambulance guarded by a strong posse of gun-toting security personnel throughout his 900-km journey from Rupnagar to Banda town in Uttar Pradesh.
INDIA New England News
Banda (Uttar Pradesh) After an arduous journey of more than 14 and a half hours, mafia don and BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari was brought to Banda jail on Wednesday morning.
The convoy bringing Mukhtar reached Banda around 4.30 a.m. and the ambulance carrying the don and three vehicles with senior police officials entered the jail premises.
Vehicles belong to media houses that had been tailing the convoy were stopped at a distance from the jail.
The high voltage drama in bringing Ansari from Ropar in Punjab to Banda in Uttar Pradesh finally ended with the safe shifting of the don to Uttar Pradesh.
Mukhtar Ansari: Gangster-turned-politician with Robinhood image
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Mukhtar Ansari.. Image Source: IANS News
Lucknow, April 7 : He is a five-term legislator who wields undeniable political clout in his constituency, Mau. He has won five consecutive elections two of them as an independent and his absence from his constituency apparently makes him stronger because he has won the 2007, 2012 and 2017 polls from inside the jail.
Mukhtar Ansari, 57, is a typical example of criminals in Uttar Pradesh, who enjoy a Robinhood image and are almost revered by their people.
They snatch contracts worth crores of rupees invariably through means that are not exactly free and fair but they generously help the poor.
Mukhtar brought to Banda jail after 14-hour journey
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Mukhtar s ambulance case registered in UP s Barabanki. Image Source: IANS News
Banda : , April 7 (IANS) After an arduous journey of more than 14 and a half hours, mafia don and BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari was brought to Banda jail on Wednesday morning.
The convoy bringing Mukhtar reached Banda around 4.30 a.m. and the ambulance carrying the don and three vehicles with senior police officials entered the jail premises.
Vehicles belong to media houses that had been tailing the convoy were stopped at a distance from the jail.
The high voltage drama in bringing Ansari from Ropar in Punjab to Banda in Uttar Pradesh finally ended with the safe shifting of the don to Uttar Pradesh.