Rhea Chakraborty was arrested on September 8-9 for her involvement in drugs by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). The NDPS court had extended her judicial custody twice. On Wednesday, the Bombay High Court granted conditional bail to the actress but rejected the bail plea of her brother Showik
According to Anand Kumar, Director General, Prison Administration and Reform Services, till date about 1,40,000 tests, including (those on) 5,000 staff members, have been conducted in the state's temporary and permanent jails, and over 7,000 had tested positive so far. Two inmates have died of the virus.
Forty inmates who arrived recently at the central jail here have been quarantined after they tested positive for coronavirus
Ninety inmates of a government women shelter home have tested positive for Covid-19. Deputy Director of Women Welfare Department, Nita Ahirwar said, "In the past two days, 90 inmates of Nari Niketan here have tested positive for Covid-19. All of them have been isolated.
Altogether 224 inmates of overcrowded district jail here have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last few days, sending the authorities into a tizzy, officials said on Friday.
Over 100 inmates of Lucknow jail fell ill after they were administered the wrong medicine. The condition of 22 prisoners is said to be serious and they have been admitted to the jail hospital.
At least 191 inmates at the Basti district jail in Uttar Pradesh have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The latest figure took the overall tally of COVID-19 infected inmates in jails across the state to 1,379.
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani issued a decree to pardon and release about 400 controversial Taliban inmates, the Presidential Palace confirmed.
More than 500 inmates at a prison in the US state of Arizona have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In a statement on Wednesday, the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) said that 517 inmates at the ASPC-Tucson Whetstone prison have contracted the virus and were been housed in separate areas while receiving medical care
Gurugram district jail is accommodating number of gangsters including notorious Kaushal and his men, members of slain gangster Sandeep Gadoli and Bindar Gujjar, Vijay Bhardwaj the killer of Delhi Police ACP Rajvir Singh and several sharp shooters from Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi and Western UP.
The Gauhati High Court has ordered the Assam government to provide the best treatment to prisoners who have tested positive for COVID-19 after suo motu cognisance of the rising number of cases inside the jails. Total 535 inmates have been infected by coronavirus in 10 jails across the state, and of the highest 435 were from Guwahati, Assam Inspector General of Prisons Dasarath Das said.
The Goa government has started testing all the inmates of the central jail at Colvale for COVID-19, after a jailor was found infected, a senior healthofficial has said. State Health Secretary Nila Mohanan said that the testing of all the inmates of the jail began from Friday.
The Afghan government has suspended the release of the last batch of Taliban inmates over their involvement in serious crimes, it was reported on Tuesday.
A chance COVID-19 testing in Gujarat's Sabarmati Central Jail found at least eight inmates positive for the disease after an undertrial insisted on bail to be sent home.
An undertrial prisoner at Tihar Jail has accused the prison staff of “using him” to the pass around mobile phones to other inmates. The prison officials, however, refuted the allegation.
Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases in the national capital, 15 inmates and one official tested positive for coronavirus in Rohini jail. The jail authorities had conducted the COVID-19 test of 19 inmates who had shared barracks with a coronavirus positive inmate.
Eleven inmates and three jail staff members at the Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad have tested positive for coronavirus in the last one week, an official said on Wednesday.
Inmates of the Jalpaiguri Central Correctional Home on Saturday staged a violent protest and threw bricks at the police quarters demanding they be released forthwith as per a Supreme Court order amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
In a humane gesture, the Tamil Nadu Prison Department procured a number of mobile phones to facilitate video calls between jail inmates and their families amid a lockdown forced due to coronavirus crisis in the country.
Twenty inmates of Baghpat jail, who have been showing symptoms akin to coronavirus infection, have been quarantined on Monday.
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