Lalitpur,

01 June (HS): Rs. 30,000 has been found from former MP Rizwan Zaheer who is

lodged in Lalitpur jail. Former MP Rizwan is also using sweets, cream, oil,

Dunlop mattress, desi ghee etc. for himself. Secretary of Legal Services

Authority Mayank Jaiswal has given this information to the journalists.

Secretary

of Legal Services Authority Mayank Jaiswal told reporters on Sunday that he had

conducted a raid in Lalitpur jail and during this a lot of equipment was found

in a barrack. Former MP Rizwan Zaheer is locked up in this barrack and Rs.

30,000 were recovered from under his mattress. The former MP keeps expensive

items for his use. The jail administration is also providing him VIP facilities

in the barrack.

According

to the information, former MP Rizwan Zaheer is currently lodged in Lalitpur

jail on charges of conspiracy to murder former president of Nagar Panchayat

Tulsipur Firoz Ahmed in Balrampur district. UP Police has imposed Gangster Act

against him, while he is languishing in District Jail Lalitpur since the year

2022.

Former

Balrampur MP Rizwan Zaheer, accused of conspiracy to murder, was being given

VIP facilities in the district jail. Branded food items were found in his

barrack. Rs 30,000 also found under the

pillow. This was revealed during the inspection of the jail by District Legal

Services Authority Secretary Mayank Jaiswal. When he questioned the jail

superintendent in this regard, he could not give any answer. On the

instructions of District Judge Narendra Kumar Jha, District Legal Services Authority

Secretary Mayank Jaiswal inspected the district jail at 10.45 am. When he went

to barrack number 5A of the jail, the facilities there were VIP. Dunlop

mattress, pillow, battery fan, desi ghee, pickles, sweets, good crockery,

tiffin, branded oil, soap, shampoo, cream etc. were kept. On enquiry, it was

found that former Balrampur MP Rizwan Zaheer has been kept in this barrack. A

bundle of Rs 500 was also kept under the pillow. Four other prisoners in the

barrack were found eating dal in a bowl on the floor and roti in a plastic

sheet. There were marks of gutkha spit on the walls of barrack number 5A. A

large number of tobacco and gutkha pouches were lying outside.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi