Omicron fear: Ban on prisoners in UP meeting visitors as Covid cases rise
India | January 02, 2022 10:50 ISTThe Department had allowed visitors to meet jail inmates on August 16 after suspending visits on March 24, 2020, due to Covid-19.
The Department had allowed visitors to meet jail inmates on August 16 after suspending visits on March 24, 2020, due to Covid-19.
The prisoner, who is facing life sentence in a murder case, has alleged that a word 'aatwadi' or terrorist is inscribed on his back.
Directed by Shoojit Sircar, Vicky Kaushal starrer Sardar Udham Singh is produced by Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar and is set to release on Amazon Prime Video during Dussehra on October 16.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called it a “grave incident” that required maximum effort by Israel’s various security branches.
The Pakistan nationals are Abbas Ali Khan (42) and Bhag Chand (17), said Arunpal Singh, Protocol Officer, Attari border.
As Afghanistan stares at an uncertain future, world leaders, political commentators and foreign affairs experts have joined the international chorus denouncing the US policy in Afghanistan, under which a 20-year military deployment suddenly came to a chaotic end on Sunday.
Jail officials said that Budhai Saroj ,60 was lodged in the jail along with his grandson for the past 2-months for their alleged involvement in a life-threatening attack on a rival.
The wall of barrack number 6 caved in around 5.10 am at Bhind district jail injuring 22 prisoners.
Taking note of the "unprecedented surge" in COVID-19 cases, the bench on May 7 had ordered the immediate release of prisoners who were granted bail or parole last year.
Seven undertrial prisoners (UTPs) escaped from a jail in Arunachal Pradesh by throwing chilli and pepper powder and salt at the guards manning the jail.
It is the endeavour of his govt to take concrete steps to maintain a healthy environment in the jails, he said, suggesting officials to make arrangements for the placement of the prisoners who complete their sentence to help them earn their livelihood.
Jail authorities have conducted special camps in association with local bodies to inoculate prisoners and prison staff following the Covid protocol.
UP prisons have so far released 10,123 under trials and convicts on bail and parole in compliance with the Supreme Court directives.
Five prisoners, including one facing trial for rape, escaped from a jail in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district on Thursday.
Mohd Anish, tested positive for COVID on Monday and was admitted to a jail hospital with mild symptoms.
The two escaped at around 4:30 am from a washroom situated on the 15th floor of a complex being used as a COVID care centre, the official said.
On the occasion of Rajasthan Diwas (March 30), state government released 1,349 prisoners from different jails.
Four prisoners who were hospitalised after being tested positive of COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr escaped.
Meanwhile, eight of the 15 prisoners, who had been released on parole from Pilibhit district jail on April 29, following the state government's orders, have gone missing and did not return to jail.
The Kerala government has granted a fund of Rs 20 lakh as financial assistance for the education of children of jail inmates. A total of Rs 15 lakh has been sanctioned for the assistance of their basic education and Rs 5 lakh as the aid for their professional studies, state Social Justice Minister KK Shylaja said on Saturday.
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