Mukhtar Ansari case: UP Police arrest Alka Rai, Sheshnath Rai

“We have arrested two accused Alka Rai and Sheshnath Rai in the Gangsters Act case. Raids are being conducted to trace other accused,” said Anurag Vats, the superintendent of police, Barabanki. The police said they have also begun the process of collecting property details of all 13 accused.

Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Mau district president Praveen Gupta said Alka Rai was in the party before she was booked in the ambulance case. “The party took action against her. She is presently not in the BJP,” said Gupta.

In March last year, an inquiry was conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Police after it came to light that the ambulance used to ferry Ansari to a Mohali court from Ropar jail in Punjab was carrying the registration number of Barabanki.

In the preliminary probe, the police found out that documents such as voter ID cards and PAN cards submitted for the registration of the ambulance were fake. A case was lodged at the Kotwali police station in Barabanki against Ansari and his associates on April 2. The police have already filed a chargesheet against the accused in the case.