VVIP treatment in jail: Punjab mulls action in Mukhtar Ansari case; Harjot Bains submits report to CM

Mohali, August 17: The AAP-led Punjab Government is mulling a major action in the gangster Mukhtar Ansari case. Notably, a probe committee formed by the Punjab Government has found that gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was given VVIP treatment while he was lodged in Rupnagar jail. [caption id="attachment_683730" align="aligncenter"] Mukhtar Ansari[/caption] There are enough evidence to prove that Mukhtar Ansari was provided VVIP treatment in the jail when the Congress was in power in Punjab. Now, the incumbent AAP government in Punjab has decided to take action against Mukhtar Ansari and officials involved in the case. Notably, Punjab Jails Minister Harjot Bains has submitted a report to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in this regard, and it also points towards the links of Delhi in providing VIP treatment to Ansari in the Rupnagar Jail. Also Read | Covid 19: Punjab ministers Jauramajra, Brahm Jimpa throw mask norm to the wind According to sources, Ansari lived in the officers' quarters of the jail rather than the barrack. His wife would also often visit him. Besides, the role of several senior officials had also come under scanner, said the sources. As per Harjot Bains, several influential people were involved in the Ansari case. It is learnt that action would be taken at the national level soon. Jails Minister Harjot Bains had raised the issue of gangster Ansari in the Assembly. Ansari remained lodged in the Punjab jail for over two years after filing a fake FIR, whose invoice has not been submitted yet, say sources. He lived with his wife in the jail. The UP Government issued 26 production warrants, but he was not sent to Uttar Pradesh. Ansari was given VIP treatment in jail. Mukhtar Ansari was accused of extorting Rs 10 crore from a builder in Mohali, Punjab. He was brought to Mohali by the Punjab Police on a production warrant. On January 24, 2019, he was produced in court and sent to Ropar Jail. After this, on the order of the Supreme Court, in April last year, he was taken from Punjab by the Uttar Pradesh Police -PTC News