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.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.
A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.
Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.
Better to finish off such criminals in encounter