Gangster-turned-politicianMukhtar Ansari, who was shifted from Punjab’s Rupnagar district to Banda jail inUttar Pradesh on April 6, is now under the scanner of the Yogi Adityanathgovernment round-the-clock.
Theconvoy that brought Mukhtar reached Banda around 4.30 am on April 7, afterwhich a team of four doctors medically examined him and he was then shifted tothe barrack.
ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath then held a late-night meeting with senior officialsto monitor the transfer of the accused which was done under full media glare.
Thedirector general, jails, in Lucknow is monitoring the movement of the mafia donin his isolation cell through the CCTV cameras installed there through the 12screens put up in the office.
Asenior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: "Thismonitoring is being done to ensure that the inmate (Mukhtar) does not enjoy anyadditional facilities and does not get any unauthorized visitors."
Hesaid that for Mukhtar Ansari, Ropar jail may have been a reformatory but Bandajail will be a jail in the true sense of the term.
Hesaid that the area around the cell where Mukhtar Ansari is lodged is also underthe scanner. The official said that the round-the-clock monitoring will alsoensure that there is no threat to the mafia don's security.
Accordingto the UP police, Ansari faces 52 cases in the state and elsewhere, and 15 ofthem are at the trial stage.
Thepolice have, till now, arrested 96 criminals and seized, freed, or demolishedproperty worth Rs 192 crore linked to the BSP MLA and his associates.
Ansariis also the prime accused in the 2005 murder of BJP legislator Krishnanand Rai.
Seventy-twoarms licenses linked to him and his accomplices had been suspended and anextortion racket that fed crores of rupees yearly to Ansari and his associateswas busted.
Meanwhile,Afzal Ansari, the BSP MP from Ghazipur and brother of Mukhtar Ansari, alleged inhumantreatment was given to him while being shifted to Banda jail from Punjab,saying he was denied medical aid and even no food or water was offered to himin over 15 hours of journey.