Allahabad HC Rejects Bail To Abbas Ansari’s Wife Nikhat Bano

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has recently rejected the bail plea of Nikhat Bano (wife of SBSP MLA Abbas Anasari) arrested for an alleged unlawful meeting with her husband in jail.

A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi passed the order seeing the seriousness of the allegations and her involvement in the matter.

In February, the police and, the Chitrakoot district administration raided the Chitrakoot district jail on getting information about the meeting of Ansari and his wife Bano as well as his driver Niyaz in contravention of rules.

The mobile phones, along with other materials and foreign currency were found, in Bano’s possession that could potentially be significant in the context of an investigation or in a legal case. The presence of multiple mobile phones might raise suspicions regarding illegal activities, such as involvement in criminal networks, communication-related to unlawful activities, or potential evidence of wrongdoing.

Bano faces charges of threatening witnesses, making facilities available in jail for her husband, and giving gifts to jail officials and staff.

Faraz Khan helped Nikhat to get a house near the Chitrakoot jail and facilitating her meeting with Abbas, was also arrested.

Police also arrested jail warder Jagmohan, jailor Santosh Kumar, jail superintendent Ashok Kumar Sagar & deputy jailor Chandrakala.

Also, a chargesheet has been filed in this matter against Ansari, Bano, Niyaz, Khan, and Navneet Sachan.

On February 11 at Karvi police station a case was registered in this regard on the complaint lodged by sub-inspector Shyam Dev Singh.

Abbas Ansari, the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party MLA from Mau and son of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, is in prison in a money laundering case.