Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, lodged at Banda jail in Uttar Pradesh, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. According to the details, the samples of Ansari were collected from the jail premises on Saturday, following which his antigen report has come out to be positive.
Mukhtar Ansari’s RTPCR report result is, however, yet awaited. The gangster- turned-politician is currently suffering from fever and is under observation by doctors.
Ansari, BSP MLA from Mau who is wanted in Uttar Pradesh for various cases, was recently brought in an ambulance to a Mohali court from Rupnagar jail in connection with a 2019 case of extortion. Amid tight security arrangements, Ansari was taken to the court on a wheelchair.
He was sent back to the Rupnagar jail, where he was lodged since January 2019, in the ambulance after the court appearance.
However, after an application in the apex court, Ansari was finally allowed to be brought back to Banda jail in UP.
