Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has been kept in highly-secured isolation barrack in the District Jail Banda, the authorities are monitoring him 24*7 via CCTV.
DG (Prisons) Anand Kumar is also personally monitoring the jail.
The gangster-turned-politician was brought to District Jail Banda from Punjab's Ropar Jail on April 07 by Uttar Pradesh special security team.