LUCKNOW, March 13 (PTI): Six Bareilly Central Jail personnel, including jailor and deputy jailor, were suspended on Monday for facilitating illegal meetings of visitors with gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s brother Ashraf in the prison, officials said.
Anand Kumar, Director General (Prison), said action has been taken on the inquiry report of DIG (Prison) R N Pandey.
Those suspended included jailor Rajiv Kumar Mishra, his deputy Durgesh Pratap Singh, head jail warder Brijveer Singh, and jail warders Manoj Gaur, Danish Mehndi and Dalpat Singh.
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Ashraf’s brother Atiq Ahmed, currently lodged in a Gujarat prison, is the main accused in the 2005 murder case of the then BSP legislator Raju Pal. Atiq and Ashraf were recently booked in connection with the killing of Umesh Pal, a key witness in the Raju Pal murder case.
Ashraf, a former MLA, is also an accused in the Raju Pal murder case.
On March 7, police had arrested jail canteen supplier Dayaram and jail guard Shiv Hari Awasthi (who was also suspended later) for allegedly helping Ashraf in meeting people and supplying him with outside items.
Later on March 10, two more persons, Rashi and Frukan, who, according to police, used to work on instructions of Ashraf, were also arrested.
On March 9, a special investigation team (SIT) had carried out raids and seized the house of Ashraf’s brother-in-law Saddam in Bareilly.
The SIT was formed to probe the involvement of jail officials in the case pertaining to facilitating illegal meetings between jailed Ashraf and his close aides.
Ashraf has been lodged in the Bareilly prison since July 2020.
Last month, eight personnel of Chitrakoot prison were suspended for allegedly facilitating meetings of Mukhtar Ansari’s son Abbas Ansari, who is Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) MLA from Mau, and his wife Nikhat Bano inside the jail.
