Was forced to resign within 15 days after I slapped terrorism act on Mukhtar: Ex-DSP

Former DSP Shailendra Singh said he was forced to resign by Mulayam Singh government in 2004 within 15 days after he slapped the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) on gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. He also recovered a light machine gun from Ansari. "Twenty years ago...his empire was at its peak...He moved...in open jeeps in areas where curfew was imposed," Singh revealed.