The wife of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari on Tuesday appealed to the Supreme Court for protection and protection of her husband as a team of Uttar Pradesh police arrived at Ropar Jail in Punjab to take him into custody. Ansari is being shifted to Banda Jail in Uttar Pradesh on the orders of the Supreme Court. BSP MLA from Ansari Mau seat.
Ansari’s wife said that she fears for his life in Uttar Pradesh. She has urged the top court to pass necessary directions for her husband’s security during the transportation and also when he is produced before the courts for hearing. She said that necessary directions should be given to the state Home department and police to free and fair trial and “is not killed/encountered in the process”.
Pramod Tiwari, acting superintendent of the Banda District Jail, said no other prisoner can access Barrack Number-15 where Mukhtar Ansari will be kept.
According to the UP Police, Ansari is facing 52 cases in the state and elsewhere, and 15 of them are in the trial stage. Ansari has been lodged in Rupnagar prison since January 2019 in connection with an extortion case.
The police have, till now, arrested 96 criminals and seized, freed, or demolished property worth Rs 192 crore linked to the BSP MLA and his associates.
