In a letter addressed to Uttar Pradesh Additional ChiefSecretary, Home Department, the Punjab’s home department, has asked the UPGovernment to take custody of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari fromRupnagar jail by April 8 and make necessary arrangements for his transfer.
Referring to the March 26 Supreme Court order that haddirected the Punjab government to transfer the MLA from Mau to Uttar Pradesh'sBanda jail in two weeks, the Punjab home department has written to UPgovernment to take over the custody of Ansari.
Mukhtar Ansari, who is wanted in various cases in UttarPradesh, has been lodged in Rupnagar district jail in connection with analleged extortion case since January 2019.
"The said handover is to be made at district jailRupnagar on/before April 8," the letter stated.’
Ansari suffers from certain medical conditions and thesame may be kept in mind while making arrangements for his transport fromRupnagar jail to Banda jail in UP, the letter reads.
Meanwhile, in a statement that is bound to createcontroversy, UP minister Anand Swarup Shukla on April 2 has termed jailed mafiadon and BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari as an 'Islamic terrorist'.
Talking to reporters in Ballia, Shukla accused theCongress for allegedly shielding Ansari. "It is in the DNA of the Congressto patronise Islamic terror and anti-social elements. Ansari is also like anIslamic terrorist; hence Congress is standing with him," he said.
On the same day i.e. April 2, a case was also registeredin Barabanki district against unnamed persons in the ambulance case involving MukhtarAnsari.
During his appearance in a Punjab Court on Wednesday,Mukhtar Ansari was brought in an ambulance that had a registration number ofUttar Pradesh.