Gangster Mukhtar Ansari Slips Into Depression, Evades Going To UP On Medical Grounds; Cops To Return Empty-Handed Again

Uttar Pradesh gangster and Bahuajan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Mukhtar Ansari who has been lodged in a Punjab jail, has slipped into depression, is suffering from a number of other ailments including diabetes and has been advised a bed rest of 3 months as per the jail's medical board.

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New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh gangster and Bahuajan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Mukhtar Ansari who has been lodged in Punjab’s Mohali jail, has slipped into depression, is suffering from a number of other ailments and has been advised a bed rest of 3 months as per the medical board. It is to be noted that Ansari was to be brought back to Uttar Pradesh to produce him in a MP/MLA court on October 21 in a case pending against him. Ansari has been lodged in different jails in Punjab for nearly 22 months now. The jailed mafia don was to be brought to Mau for interrogation in a case of fraud and Arms Act lodged against him in January. However, on medical grounds, he managed to stay back. Three previous attempts of the UP police bring back Ansari have failed as he kept making excuses. This time, when UP Police reached Punjab with the court order, Ansari produced his medical certificate. The Yogi Adityanath government has been cracking the whip on the economic empire and armory of the jailed don. Large-scale action has been taken against Mukhtar's family members and henchmen in different districts of the state, including Lucknow. Illegally acquired property by the don has been demolished and arms licenses procured by his men have been cancelled. As per the records of Mau police, in 2001 four persons -- Israel, Anwar, Salim and Mohd Shah Alam - had managed to get arms licences on the recommendation of Mukhtar's letter by mentioning fake addresses on their application forms. Alam was eliminated in an encounter with police in Ghazipur after a few years while others are absconding.