Jailed Bahubali Mukhtar Ansari’s daughter-in-law and MLA Abbas Ansari’s wife Nikhat Bano has been released from Chitrakoot’s Ragauli Jail. Nikhat was in jail for six months. The release has taken place after the order of the Supreme Court. There is an allegation on Nikhat that she used to go to meet her MLA husband who was in jail illegally. There was a raid by the administration on 10th February.
Nikhat Bano was released late on Thursday evening. She left the jail with her family to go home. Earlier on August 11, the Supreme Court had granted bail to Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) MLA Abbas Ansari’s wife Nikhat Bano. The bench of Justice AS Bopanna and Justice MM Sundaresh gave relief saying that the petitioner is a woman and the mother of a one-year-old child.
‘Trial court will decide the conditions’
According to the news agency, the court said, keeping in view the fact that the petitioner is a woman and she has a one year old child and in that background keeping in view the nature of allegations leveled against the petitioner, we consider it appropriate that The petitioner should be released on bail. Appropriate conditions are being imposed by the trial court. One of the other conditions of bail would be that she would have to go to jail to meet her husband only after obtaining proper orders from the trial court.
The Supreme Court also directed Nikhat Bano not to violate the bail conditions imposed on her. Nikhat challenged the order of the Allahabad High Court in the Supreme Court. His bail plea was rejected by the High Court. Seeing the seriousness of the allegations, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court rejected his bail plea on 29 May.
What is the whole matter…
On February 10, the police and the district administration raided the Chitrakoot district jail. The administration had received information about the meeting of Abbas Ansari’s wife Nikhat in violation of the rules. Along with it, his driver was also Niyaz. Many mobile phones and foreign currency and other material were found from Nikhat Bano. Later both Nikhat Bano and Niyaz were arrested. She is accused of threatening witnesses, providing jail facilities for her husband, giving inducements and gifts to jail officials and employees.
Faraj Khan was also arrested. It is alleged that he helped Nikhat get a house near Chitrakoot Jail and made her meet Abbas Ansari. The police also arrested jail warden Jagmohan, jailer Santosh Kumar, jail superintendent Ashok Kumar Sagar and deputy jailer Chandrakala. A charge sheet has already been filed against Abbas Ansari, Nikhat Bano, Niyaz, Khan and Navneet Sachan in this case. On February 11, a case was registered against him at Karvi police station on the complaint of sub-inspector Shyam Dev Singh. MLA from Mau Abbas Ansari is in jail in money laundering case.