Mukhtar brought to Banda jail after 14-hour journey By IANS | 3 Views Mukhtar's ambulance case registered in UP's Barabanki. Image Source: IANS News Banda : , April 7 (IANS) After an arduous journey of more than 14 and a half hours, mafia don and BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari was brought to Banda jail on Wednesday morning. The convoy bringing Mukhtar reached Banda around 4.30 a.m. and the ambulance carrying the don and three vehicles with senior police officials entered the jail premises. Vehicles belong to media houses that had been tailing the convoy were stopped at a distance from the jail. The high voltage drama in bringing Ansari from Ropar in Punjab to Banda in Uttar Pradesh finally ended with the safe shifting of the don to Uttar Pradesh.