Was Mukhtar Ansari running his gang from Punjab jail? Opposition parties demand probe

Opposition parties have demanded a probe into allegations that UP's don-turned-MLA Mukhtar Ansari was getting VVIP treatment and running his gang from Punjab’s Rupnagar jail.

Opposition parties have demanded a probe into allegations that don-turned-MLA Mukhtar Ansari was getting VVIP treatment and running his gang from Punjab’s Rupnagar jail. “Mukhtar Ansari's henchmen had been living in rented houses near Rupnagar jail for the last two years. The gangster was getting VVIP treatment. The government also spent public money on hiring advocates to fight the don's case in the Supreme Court,” BJP national secretary Tarun Chugh said. Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Dr Daljit Cheema demanded that people behind “a deep-rooted conspiracy” to keep Mukhtar Ansari in Rupnagar jail be exposed and punished. There are also allegations that Ansari's wife and a cook were also living in a rented house in Rupnagar.