BJP says Punjab Jail minister met underworld don Mukhtar Ansari's aides

NEW DELHI: UP's notorious underworld don and MLA Mukhtar Ansari, presently jailed in Punjab, has been accused of having close links with the Jail and Cooperative minister of Punjab. On Saturday, UP's Cabinet Minister Siddharth Nath Singh said that the Congress leadership is sheltering Ansari and revealed that Punjab Minister (Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa) visited Lucknow and met the don's close aides. Later, Randhawa denied this charge. (IANS)

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