Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, who was sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case by a court in Prayagraj on Tuesday, will be taken back to Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat, a senior prison official said.
Ahmad was brought from Sabarmati Jail by road for the hearing in an MP-MLA court in Prayagraj.
He was kept at the Naini Central Jail in Prayagraj before the hearing.
"As per the orders of the honourable court, Atiq Ahmad will be taken back to Sabarmati Central Jail," Naini jail senior superintendent Shashikant said.
A former Samajwadi Party MP from Phulpur, Ahmad was shifted to Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat in June 2019 following a Supreme Court order after he was accused of orchestrating the kidnapping and assault of real estate businessman Mohit Jaiswal from a prison in Uttar Pradesh.
When asked about Ahmad's brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf, who was acquitted in the case, Shashikant said he has "left for Bareilly".
Ashraf, lodged in the Bareilly District Jail since July 2020, was brought to the Naini Central Jail on Monday evening amid tight security arrangements.
Tuesday's conviction of Ahmad was his first in over 100 cases registered against him over the years. -- PTI