Mafia don Mukhtar Ansari will be brought to Uttar Pradesh from Punjab under tight security, said Prashant Kumar, Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Law and Order, Uttar Pradesh Police, days after the Supreme Court ordered the transfer of the BSP MLA from Ropar jail in Punjab to UP’s Banda jail within two weeks.
“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 in tight security and will be lodged in jail (in Uttar Pradesh). Ansari is a history-sheeter of Ghazipur’s Mohmadabad police station,” Kumar said while speaking to a news agency.
The ADG informed that around 52 cases are registered against Ansari in Uttar Pradesh and other states.
“Recently in Barabanki, he has been named in a case. Mukhtar Ansari committed heinous crimes in Purvanchal in the past including killing of police personnel,” he said.
Kumar further added that the worth of his properties along with that of his aides that have been seized or demolished is Rs 192,06,22,000.
He said 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 orders the transfer of Mukhtar Ansari to jail in Uttar Pradesh from Punjab within two weeks, to face trials there.
