The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) (Prisons), North Zone, has suspended three officials of Kannur Central Prison for dereliction of duty in connection with the escape of Govindachamy, the convict in the 2011 Soumya rape and murder case. The suspension order, issued on Friday, follows a prel
The Karnataka government has suspended seven prison officials after a purported photo of jailed Kannada film actor Darshan "smoking a cigarette" went viral on social media.
In a statement, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said, "Australia holds President Putin and the Russian Government responsible for Mr Navalny's treatment and death in custody."
The sanctioned individuals include Vadim Konstantinovich Kalinin, who oversaw the brutal prison camp where Navalny was kept in solitary confinement for up to 2 weeks at a time. Navalny's condition had deteriorated in his 3 years in prison.
Delhi LG, VK Saxena, authorized the Delhi Police to conduct an investigation into the role of eight prison officials in the case of an organized crime syndicate. run by conman Sukash Chandra Shekhar from Rohini Jail.
A Delhi court on Thursday directed the Rohini Jail authorities to inquire into the factum of payment of extortion money to one prison official through Paytm.
According to the prison official, Deputy Inspector General (Prisons-Headquarters) Rajiv Singh will inquire about the lapse, fix the responsibility of erring officials, and submit a report to the Director General (Prisons) within three days.
In a major rejig in the department, as many as 80 officials of Tihar Jail have been transferred since the murder of gangster Tillu Tajpuriya inside the prison.
"Today in the morning at around 6:00 am, UTP Dr Satendra Jain slipped and fell down in the bathroom of the Medical Inspection (MI) room of the hospital of Central Jail (CJ-7), where he was kept under observation for general weakness," as per an official statement from the prison officials