Cops stumped at Ansari brother’s ‘speech’ from jail

Inspector General Kamal Kumar Saxena has ordered an inquiry into the alleged address to partymen by controversial MLA Mukhtar Ansari’s brother Afzal Ansari from inside the Ghazipur jail.

Inspector General (Varanasi Zone) Kamal Kumar Saxena has ordered an inquiry into the alleged address to partymen by controversial MLA Mukhtar Ansari’s brother Afzal Ansari from inside the Ghazipur jail.

Afzal, who is also a Samajwadi Party MP, had allegedly called on one of his supporters’ cellphone in Mahmudabad, which was then attached to a mike. It was through this that he addressed partymen.

Superintendent of Police, Ghazipur, L V A Dev Kumar, who has been put in charge of the investigation, informed that the matter came to light after a report was published in a local newspaper, which said that a party meeting was organised near Afzal’s residence in Mahmudabad area in Ghazipur four days back. “We are presently verifying the report. I have also asked the local intelligence unit and circle officer to prepare separate reports,” he added.

Sources said the police were also looking for persons who were present in the meeting to collect more details about the address. It may be mentioned that both Afzal Ansari and his brother Mukhtar Ansari are presently lodged at the Ghazipur jail in connection with BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai’s murder case. Speaking to The Indian Express, IG (Varanasi Zone) said, “I have asked SP Ghazipur to investigate the case and submit the report soon”.