LUCKNOW: A day after Barabanki police lodged an FIR against the owner of an ambulance which was used to ferry jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari from Ropar jail to Mohali court in Punjab on March 31, Barabanki police chief formed three teams for a probe in the case.
Barabanki SP Yamuna Prasad said that a seven-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional SP (North) Akhand Dev Singh, has been formed to probe into the entire case. “The ASP will probe how the ambulance got registered and why the number of Barabanki was used,” said Prasad. The officer also said that another seven-member team headed by police circle officer of Haidergarh, Naveen Kumar Singh, has been dispatched to Punjab for inspecting the vehicle and also finding out the other details about it. Another team of seven members, comprising Inspector Mahendra Singh, has been sent to Mau district to interrogate Dr Alka Rai.
Amid a row over the issue, the Punjab Police had clarified that an inmate can be transported in a private ambulance on medical grounds and the cost of conveyance has to be borne by the prisoner.
After the FIR, Mau-based Dr Alka Rai had lodged a complaint in Mau district, claiming that one of Ansari’s representatives had made her sign the documents used to register the vehicle.