Overview
- The transfer order reached Naini on Tuesday night, and a police team took custody around 6 am before the convoy departed at 6:10 am.
- Roughly 20 personnel, including four Operational Reserve Team members and a Provincial Armed Constabulary section, escorted the prison van.
- Ali Ahmed reached Jhansi around 2:30 pm, where officials put a three-layer security plan and continuous CCTV monitoring in place.
- Jail authorities linked the move to a June 17 cash recovery from his barrack and CCTV footage of him handing cash to a warder, actions that led to the suspension of a deputy jailer and a head warder.
- He remains booked in multiple cases, including an alleged Rs 5 crore extortion FIR and accusations in the 2023 Umesh Pal murder case.