Ansari is lodged in district jail Rupnagar in Punjab in connection with an alleged extortion case since January 2019. He is also accused in several cases of heinous crimes lodged in UP.
The UP govt also filed written submissions stating that transfer of Ansari's custody was meticulously planned and raised strong suspicion of conspiracy to delay proceedings.
UP govt says Mukhtar Ansari got permission to appear via video-conferencing in 9 out of 10 criminal trials against him in the state, but has not attended any.
Uttar Pradesh has moved the top court, seeking a direction to Punjab to hand over the BSP MLA’s custody so that trials in 10 criminal cases pending against him can proceed.
Special CBI court last week acquitted gangster Mukhtar Ansari, his MP brother Afzal and 5 others accused of killing UP BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in 2005.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
Better to finish off such criminals in encounter