Hours after gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari died following a cardiac arrest in jail, former Deputy Superintendent of Police (SP) Shailendra Singh, who invoked the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) against Ansari in January 2004, on Friday recalled how he was forced to resign within 15 days allegedly by the then Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh.
Detailing Ansari’s time in jail, the ex-police officer revealed that under SP rule, the then gangsters used to run their empire from inside the prison.
“20 years ago, in 2004, Mukhtar Ansari’s empire was at its peak. He (Ansari) would move around in open jeeps in areas where curfew was imposed," Singh said, adding, “I recovered an LMG from him. No recovery was made before or after that. I imposed POTA on him. But the SP government wanted to save him at any cost. They pressured me. Infact, officials like the IG-range, DIG and SP-STF were transferred to Lucknow. Even I was made to resign within 15 days."
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