The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging withdrawal of Y Plus security cover to gangster-turned-politician Dhananjay Singh.
The bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Vivek Varma dismissed the petition filed by Singh.
In his petition, Singh claimed that the Union Home Ministry in June 2017 withdrew the security cover for 12 politicians, including him. But on August 28, 2017, the ministry communicated to the UP chief secretary that the order was under review and decision was kept under abeyance, he said.
However, on May 24, 2018, Y Plus security cover to Singh was arbitrarily withdrawn, the petition claimed.
According to the petitioner, the decision of withdrawal of security cover was made by the ministry in an arbitrary manner, without giving any proper reason.