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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a lawsuit against now-suspended 3 adjunct superintendents, 2 different unit members, and 3 inmates of Tihar Jail, for allegedly receiving bribes from inmates successful speech for assorted facilities wrong the prison, arsenic good arsenic extorting “protection” wealth from them done carnal and intelligence harassment.
In the First Information Report (FIR), the accused person been identified arsenic the past Tihar Jail (No.8 & 9) Assistant Superintendents Rajesh, Pawan, and Amit; Head Warder Ajeet Paswan; Warder Rakesh Chauhan; and inmates Ajjaruddin, Rahul Gupta, and Mohit. The relation of chartless officials/persons volition besides beryllium investigated.
On June 3, the bureau had instituted a preliminary enquiry into the substance pursuing a Delhi High Court absorption connected a petition filed by 1 Mohit Kumar Goyal against chartless officials of Tihar Jail (No.8 & 9) and chartless others. He had been kept successful judicial custody successful Tihar Jail from June 4, 2024, to August 8, 2024, arsenic an accused successful a lawsuit registered by the Delhi constabulary Special Cell.
As alleged by him, helium was coerced to wage extortion wealth and erstwhile helium refused, helium was threatened with grievous wounded and subjected to “continuous carnal and intelligence harassment” by the accused inmates who were progressive successful heinous crimes.
“The racket extended beyond the jailhouse arsenic inmates’ families were besides harassed and threatened to guarantee payment, with immoderate household members reportedly assisting successful intimidating others to comply...the accused officers and inmates controlled connection facilities similar E-mulakat and telephone calls, restricting entree unless extortion wealth was paid and besides facilitated inmates with extracurricular nutrient and baccy successful speech for bribes,” it mentioned, alleging that aft enduring prolonged harassment, the petitioner yet paid a important magnitude betwixt ₹12 to ₹15 lakh.
The Delhi High Court took enactment of the charges and ordered an enquiry by the Inspecting Judge of Tihar Jail. Based connected the report, the tribunal directed the CBI to transportation retired a preliminary inquiry. The State authorities suspended astatine slightest 9 officials.
Prima facie, the CBI purportedly recovered that the accused officers “have received undue vantage from jailhouse inmates”, including the petitioner, for amended facilities specified arsenic preferential treatment, unauthorised entree to mobile phones, landline usage, superior food, relaxed surveillance, oregon a greater state wrong the prison.
The FIR alleged that the nationalist servants successful question, successful collusion with immoderate jailhouse inmates, besides utilized to extort wealth from different prisoners, including the petitioner, “by putting them nether changeless menace of torture, grievous hurt, etc.” During judicial custody, he— done his relatives and others— had allegedly paid astir ₹6.19 lakh into the accounts of the family, friends, etc. of different jailhouse inmates.
The bureau recovered that household members and friends of former/current jailhouse inmates received ample sums of wealth successful their UPI accounts, etc. connected their direction. The funds were often transferred further to different UPI accounts via layering and yet handed implicit successful currency to jailhouse officials during carnal “mulakats” successful jailhouse and astatine their autochthonal places, arsenic alleged.
In immoderate instances, wealth was yet transferred to the accounts of the accused nationalist servants and their friends. The bureau besides recovered that the inmates were allowed to usage a landline installed astatine jailhouse No.8&9 “in lieu of undue advantage”. The petitioner had himself made astir 463 specified calls from that number.
Besides, it is alleged that a mobile fig had been provided and the petitioner utilized it six times. “...the said mobile telephone has been utilized by different jailhouse inmates besides to marque thousands of unauthorised calls to their household members, etc. from June 2024 to December 2024,” said the FIR.
