KOLKATA: Amid escalating pressure with Pakistan, Bengal has shifted all its prisoners from the neighbouring nation — 14 in all, lodged in the Dum Dum and Presidency jails — to separate cells for his or her protection.
Of the 10 prisoners in Dum Dum prison, 3 are ladies, arrested for violation of the Foreigners’ Act, and five are waiting for unencumber after having serving out their sentences.
Senior prison officials stated the shifting came about after the Pulwama assaults and hours after a 50-year-old Pakistani convict was once allegedly killed by fellow inmates in Rajasthan’s Jaipur prison. The Pakistani government had registered its protest with India on this, prompting the ministry of house affairs to alert all states.
“In the aftermath of the new Indo-Pak tensions, we have now ensured that their security is given paramount significance. We have deployed warders for 24 hours outside their cellular and all their movements outside their cellular are being strictly monitored,” stated prison minister Ujjwal Biswas.
“There are TVs within all jails and the inmates additionally watch them, so we're further cautious. As the ones throughout the prison would possibly flip violent, knowing in regards to the Pulwama incident and the high-tension situation alongside LoC, so we're monitoring the Pakistani inmates.”
Jail division resources stated that in all, 14 Pakistani prisoners lodged in two correctional properties in the city have been shifted to separate barracks and “high-security” cells.
Sources in Dum Dum prison stated the inmates — five of whom are from the same circle of relatives of one Nabab Khan — had been asked to transport out of the cellular best with ok security cover. His extended family members, Ishant and Adira, have additionally been put under special watch.
Three Pakistanis — Nayeem, Dilshad and Arshad — are undergoing lifestyles phrases in the Partha Roy Burman adbuction case, and have been sentenced in December 2017.
“Most of the prisoners share a just right rapport with their fellow inmates. Many of the opposite inmates if truth be told stated that the safety of the Pakistani prisoners was once their headache, too. The members of the same circle of relatives at Dum Dum prison, for instance, had been staying here for a lovely very long time and are popular a number of the inmates. But we can not take any possibility in the wake of the Pulwama assault,” stated an reliable on Wednesday. “The Pakistani inmates might not be allowed to transport out of the delicate zones for now.”
“Some have been jailed for flouting visa norms, whilst a couple of have been waiting to be taken to other correctional properties. There are also others who have been imprisoned for other criminal activities,” stated a state government reliable. Along with the manager head warden, the head warders are keeping an eye on the cells, he added.
Jail officials stated the Bengal prison guide has no special point out of a high-security prison. The top brass designates particular cells as high-security ones, depending on inputs from prison superintendents, and allowing for the quite a lot of security necessities at each and every person correctional house, stated a senior reliable.
Of the 10 prisoners in Dum Dum prison, 3 are ladies, arrested for violation of the Foreigners’ Act, and five are waiting for unencumber after having serving out their sentences.
Senior prison officials stated the shifting came about after the Pulwama assaults and hours after a 50-year-old Pakistani convict was once allegedly killed by fellow inmates in Rajasthan’s Jaipur prison. The Pakistani government had registered its protest with India on this, prompting the ministry of house affairs to alert all states.
“In the aftermath of the new Indo-Pak tensions, we have now ensured that their security is given paramount significance. We have deployed warders for 24 hours outside their cellular and all their movements outside their cellular are being strictly monitored,” stated prison minister Ujjwal Biswas.
“There are TVs within all jails and the inmates additionally watch them, so we're further cautious. As the ones throughout the prison would possibly flip violent, knowing in regards to the Pulwama incident and the high-tension situation alongside LoC, so we're monitoring the Pakistani inmates.”
Jail division resources stated that in all, 14 Pakistani prisoners lodged in two correctional properties in the city have been shifted to separate barracks and “high-security” cells.
Sources in Dum Dum prison stated the inmates — five of whom are from the same circle of relatives of one Nabab Khan — had been asked to transport out of the cellular best with ok security cover. His extended family members, Ishant and Adira, have additionally been put under special watch.
Three Pakistanis — Nayeem, Dilshad and Arshad — are undergoing lifestyles phrases in the Partha Roy Burman adbuction case, and have been sentenced in December 2017.
“Most of the prisoners share a just right rapport with their fellow inmates. Many of the opposite inmates if truth be told stated that the safety of the Pakistani prisoners was once their headache, too. The members of the same circle of relatives at Dum Dum prison, for instance, had been staying here for a lovely very long time and are popular a number of the inmates. But we can not take any possibility in the wake of the Pulwama assault,” stated an reliable on Wednesday. “The Pakistani inmates might not be allowed to transport out of the delicate zones for now.”
“Some have been jailed for flouting visa norms, whilst a couple of have been waiting to be taken to other correctional properties. There are also others who have been imprisoned for other criminal activities,” stated a state government reliable. Along with the manager head warden, the head warders are keeping an eye on the cells, he added.
Jail officials stated the Bengal prison guide has no special point out of a high-security prison. The top brass designates particular cells as high-security ones, depending on inputs from prison superintendents, and allowing for the quite a lot of security necessities at each and every person correctional house, stated a senior reliable.
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