Team of 150 UP cops heads to Punjab to bring back don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari

A 150-member team of the Uttar Pradesh Police headed for Punjab on Monday to bring back jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is facing trial in over a dozen cases.

A 150-member team of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday left for Punjab to bring back gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, senior police officials said. On the other hand, Mukhtar Ansari's family said that they will move the court for ensuring his security in prison as a "conspiracy" may be hatched against him. Following a March 26 Supreme Court order to transfer Mukhtar Ansari to Banda prison, Punjab’s home department had asked the Uttar Pradesh government to take custody of him from the Rupnagar jail on or before April 8.