Days after mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed was shifted from Deoria jail to Bareilly jail, authorities at the prison here have sought his transfer somewhere else, citing security reasons.
District Magistrate Virendra Kumar Singh requested the State government to shift Atiq out of Bareilly jail, citing security reasons and “shortage of staff”
Atiq was shifted from Deoria jail to Bareilly jail on Monday after a businessman accused the ex-MP of getting him abducted and assaulting him inside the prison.
