Punjab govt to not bear expenses incurred on Mukhtar Ansari, says CM Bhagwant Mann
Chandigarh, July 2: Chandigarh, July 2: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took to Twitter on Sunday and clarified the air around the payment of expenses incurred on account of keeping Uttar Pradesh gangster Mukhtar Ansari in Punjab jail and for arguing his case in the Supreme Court.
He stated that the Rs 55 lakh fees will not be borne by the state government's treasury.
"The money will be recovered from then-Home Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Jail Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa," Mann stated on Twitter. He further stated that if they do not pay, their pension and other government benefits will be cancelled.
UP ਦੇ ਗੈਂਗਸਟਰ ਅੰਸਾਰੀ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੀ ਦੋਸਤੀ ਨਿਭਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੀ ਜੇਲ੍ਹ ਚ ਰੱਖਣ ਅਤੇ ਉਸਦਾ ਕੇਸ ਸੁਪਰੀਮ ਕੋਰਟ ਚ ਲੜਣ ਦੀ ਫੀਸ 55 ਲੱਖ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਖ਼ਜ਼ਾਨੇ ਚੋਂ ਨਹੀ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਜਾਣਗੇ .. ਉਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਦੇ ਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਕੈਪਟਨ ਅਮਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਅਤੇ ਜੇਲ੍ਹ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਸੁਖਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਰੰਧਾਵਾ ਤੋਂ ਇਹ ਪੈਸਾ ਵਸੂਲਿਆ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ..ਪੈਸਾ ਨਾ ਦੇਣ ਦੀ ਸੂਰਤ… — Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) July 2, 2023
Gangster Mukhtar Ansari is currently serving a life sentence in the 32-year-old Awadesh Narain murder case in the Punjab Central Jail. The quantum of punishment was announced by the MP/MLA court in Varanasi.
Awadhesh Rai, a Congress leader and former MLA Ajay Rai's brother, was shot dead outside Ajay's house in Varanasi on August 3, 1991. Mukhtar Ansari and others have been charged in the matter.
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