Three-layer security in Banda jail

Lucknow: A three-layer security blanket has been rolled out around the two barracks at Banda jail where gangster-turned-politician and sitting MLA Mukhtar Ansari will be lodged. The two barracks have been combined to form a ‘tanhai cell’ (isolation) for the bahubali neta.

The outer most security ring will be manned by two teams of civil police, each led by a sub-inspector and 10 armed constables. The second security ring will comprise special CCTVs that have been installed at the entry points and a team of five jail officials which will keep an eye on the CCTV footage round-the-clock. The third and inner most ring will comprise a team of jail warders.

A senior jail official said a security audit was conducted by prison headquarters after which the security has been beefed up. A jail officer has also been deputed who will keep in contact with prison headquarters in Lucknow. IG, Chitrakoot Dham Range, K Satyanarayan, said a PAC unit has also been deployed outside the Banda jail.

A temporary police outpost has been recommended outside the jail. Band police did a recce on routes from where Mukhtar Ansari will be brought to the prison. Satyanarayan said Banda police has been kept on high alert.


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