Rafiq Ansari, a Meerut MLA for the Samajwadi Party, was detained by police on Monday for failing to appear before the Allahabad High Court despite having non-bailable warrants issued against him in a 1995 case, according to officials.

According to a PTI report, Ansari was taken into custody from the Zaidpur region of the Barabanki district and brought before an MP/MLA court here, where he was sentenced to 14 days in judicial custody. According to Ayush Vikram Singh, Superintendent of Police (City), Ansari has been "missing" for a few days, and searches are being carried out to locate him. The high court issued many non-bailable warrants against him, but he failed to show up for court, according to the SP.