Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader Faraz Khan has been arrested on charges of helping gangster Mukhtar Ansari’s son Abbas Ansari and his wife Nikhat Ansari inside jail, officials said.
“Faraz Khan is SP’s district general secretary. He allegedly played a pivotal role in abetting and helping the accused in criminal activities and also arranging the logistics and hideouts. The police arrested him on Monday evening,” DIG Vipin Kumar said.
The development came days after jailed MLA Abbas Ansari’s wife Nikhat Bano was arrested with two cellphones when she visited the prison for allegedly providing “undue help” to her husband.
However, the police said that Ansari would be strictly monitored in jail and for this, body-worn cameras and drones have been sent to Kasganj jail.
He further said that the jail personnel stationed around Abbas will be changed every month.
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