SC grants bail to MLA Abbas Ansari in money laundering case
New Delhi, Oct 18: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to MLA Abbas Ansari in connection with a money laundering case registered with the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Ansari is the son of gangster-politician and former MLA Mukhtar Ansari, who died in jail a few months ago.
A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Pankaj Mithal gave the relief to Ansari.
The apex court had on August 14 issued notice to the ED and sought its reply on the appeal filed by Ansari challenging an order of the Allahabad High Court, which rejected his bail.
Another bench of the top court had granted bail to Ansari in a separate case registered against him for allegedly using his wife's cellphone during her jail visit, to threaten the witnesses and officials, who were connected to the prosecution against him.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan had said the investigation had culminated in a chargesheet.
"Having regard to the fact that the investigation is complete, chargesheet has already been filed and the petitioner has been in custody for more than 1.5 years in the instant case. Keeping in view the fact that the conclusion of trial will take some reasonable time, however, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail subject to his furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of the trial court," the bench said.
Ansari was lodged in Chitrakoot District Jail when his wife along with the driver and co-accused Niyaz visited him and he allegedly used a cellphone to threaten witnesses and extort money.
In the ED case, the high court had dismissed Ansari's bail plea on May 9.
The agency had registered a case against Ansari, a Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party MLA, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, on the basis of three previous cases.
Ansari was booked in this case on November 4, 2022.
The Mau MLA is currently lodged in the Kasganj Jail.
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Suspect arrested for sending bomb threat email to Bengaluru college
Bengaluru: The VV Puram police have apprehended a suspect linked to a bomb threat email sent to a college in the city. The accused, identified as 48-year-old Dipanjan Mitra, hails from the Darjeeling district in West Bengal.
On October 4, Mitra allegedly sent an email threatening to plant a bomb at the Bangalore Institute of Technology (BIT) and BMS Colleges, which fall under the jurisdiction of the Hanumantanagar police station. Utilizing technical methods, police traced the email's origin and located the suspect, who was arrested in Salbury town, Darjeeling, on August 17.
Authorities revealed that Mitra, a B.Com graduate, has been involved in similar cases across various regions in West Bengal. Senior police officials confirmed that they have confiscated a laptop and mobile phones from the arrested individual.
A notice has been issued to facilitate Mitra's transfer to Bengaluru; however, a transit warrant has not yet been obtained from the local court. Police are continuing their investigation into Mitra's potential involvement in other bomb threat emails sent to various educational institutions in Bengaluru.
