Many jailed ‘bahubalis’ to lose home advantage
UP CM directs officials of prisons holding ‘dons’ to shift them out of their home districts, check fake illnesses
Ninety-three ‘bahubalis’ (dons) have been shifted from one jail to another in the 43 days of the Yogi Adityanath regime in Uttar Pradesh in a bid to make their crime machinery ineffective.
Mukhtar Ansari, Munna Bajrangi, Atiq Ahmed, Shekhar Tiwari, Maulana Anwarul Haq, Mukim alias Kala, Udaibhan Singh alias doctor, Titu alias Kiranpal, Rocky alias Kaki and Alam Singh are among those shifted to far- flung jails from prisons in their home districts.
In his first law and order review meeting held on March 30, the chief minister propelled the police into action.
Mukhtar Ansari was shifted from Lucknow jail to Banda, Atiq Ahmed from Naini central jail to Deoria, Munna Bajrangi from Jhansi jail to Pilibhit and Shekhar Tiwari from Barabanki to Maharajganj jail.
Talking to HT, additional director general of police (prison) GL Meena said, “Though behind bars, a majority of the criminals had established their crime network in the area. The jail administration received information that the gang members used to meet in jail and plan incidents of crime from there. During surprise raids, mobile phones and SIM cards were recovered from the cells of criminals.” The jail administration also suspended the superintendents of Mainpuri and Fatehgarh jails, Meena said.
NOW, UNDERTRIALS IN HOSPITALS UNDER LENS
Meena further said, “Jail administration has prepared the list of the undertrials who are admitted in hospitals across the state.
“I have sought a report from the medical officers of the hospitals in which the undertrials, majority of them notorious criminals, are admitted. Gulshan Yadav, an accused in the killing of deputy superintendent of police Zia-ul- Haq in Pratapagarh district, was admitted to SRN Hospital, Allahabad. The medical report said he was suffering from a back ache, he said.
During probe, the jail administration found that several undertrials used their influence to get medical certificates stating that they were suffering from mental disorder. The jail administration on Saturday sent letters to mental asylums in Varanasi, Agra and Bareilly, directing them to send a report. Fearing action, the doctors have started discharging the undertrials, Meena said.