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Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services) Alok Kumar connected Saturday said corrective measures would beryllium initiated to reconstruct subject successful prisons aft videos surfaced allegedly showing inmates of the Kalaburagi Central Prison engaging successful prohibited activities, adding that an enquiry study has been sought by January 20.
“The enquiry study has been sought by January 20, based connected which enactment volition beryllium taken against each those recovered responsible, including situation unit and inmates,” Mr. Kumar said, informing that stern enactment would beryllium initiated against officials recovered to person been progressive successful oregon complicit successful misconduct wrong the prison.
Mr. Kumar was speaking to the presspersons aft conducting an extended inspection of each barrack successful the situation for much than 4 hours.
He said that since assuming complaint arsenic the DGP (Prisons), helium had been visiting prisons crossed the State to measure their functioning. “Inmates are lodged successful prisons aft committing offences. Prisons should not go places that let them to perpetrate further violations. The absorption indispensable beryllium connected betterment and behavioural change,” helium said.
Appealing to situation unit to discharge their duties honestly and responsibly, Mr. Kumar said immoderate dereliction of work oregon engagement successful amerciable activities would beryllium dealt with firmly.
Confirming that prohibited activities had occurred astatine the Kalaburagi prison, helium said a probe squad headed by Additional Inspector General of Prisons P.V. Anand Reddy had been constituted. The squad has already begun its inspection and volition transportation retired different sojourn to situation to cod further evidence.
Mr. Kumar, however, cautioned against drafting conclusions astir the viral video footage astatine this stage, stating that the intent down the videos could beryllium ascertained lone aft the enquiry was completed.
Referring to allegations of interference by a backstage idiosyncratic successful the prison’s administration, helium said CCTV camera footage was being examined arsenic portion of the inquiry.
