The UP Government has taken serious note of the shootout in Chitrakoot jail in which at least three undertrials were killed on Friday. On the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, five personnel including Chitrakoot Jail .
Chitrakoot jail shootout: CCTV cameras found non-functional, 3 warders suspended for laxity in duty
Chitrakoot jail shootout: CCTV cameras found non-functional, 3 warders suspended for laxity in duty
Probe team found that CCTV cameras inside Chitrakoot jail in UP were not working a shootout between inmates on May 14 left three dead, including notorious gangster Mukim Kala. Along with jail superintendent and jailor, three warders have also been suspended.
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UPDATED: May 15, 2021 22:10 IST
The jailer and superintendent of the Chitrakoot jail in Uttar Pradesh have been suspended. (India Today File Photo)
In what could be described as a reflection of the poor state of affairs in the Chitrakoot jail, it has come to light that CCTV cameras installed in the UP jail were non-functional when three inmates were killed in a shootout on Friday morning.
Chitrakoot jail shootout: Jailer, superintendent suspended; social activists seek judicial probe
Chitrakoot jail shootout: Jailer, superintendent suspended; social activists seek judicial probe
While the jailer and superintendent of Chitrakoot jail in Uttar Pradesh have been suspended over the shootout between inmates that left three dead, social activists are now demanding a judicial probe into the incident.
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UPDATED: May 14, 2021 23:28 IST
Heavy police presence at Chitrakoot jail in Uttar Pradesh on Friday morning (Photo Credits: Arvind Ojha and Samarth Srivastava/India Today)
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UP CM has sought a report from a committee comprising three senior IPS officers
Social activists Amitabh Thakur and Dr Nutan Thakur have sought a judicial probe into the shootout
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