A gangster-turned-MLA Mukhtar Ansari will be shifted from Punjab’s jail to Uttar Pradesh’s jail.
Responding to a petition by the Uttar Pradesh government, the apex court of India, the Supreme Court ordered this transfer of custody.
Specifically, he will moved from Punjab’s Ropar prison to Uttar Pradesh’s Banda prison.
It must be noted that Punjab Government fought against the Uttar Pradesh Government’s plea tooth and nail. The former wanted the plea dismissed.
Punjab Government has been given two weeks to comply with the orders.
The Supreme Court was also hearing a petition by Ansari himself in which he requested a transfer of the cases against him to Delhi. This plea was dismissed.
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He was booked for extortion and criminal intimidation. The sections in the Indian Penal Code are 386 and 506 respectively.
The same was done on the complaint of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Homeland Group engaged in real estate business in Punjab and Delhi National Capital Region. The CEO has a recorded phone call in which “some Ansari from Uttar Pradesh” asks for Rs 10 crore to ensure the safety of his family.
Now, the FIR was lodged in Uttar Pradesh with Ansari’s address as Banda, Uttar Pradesh. Punjab Police brought Ansari to Punjab on production warrant from a prison in Uttar Pradesh about two weeks after the registration of this case.