Amid COVID surge, Rajasthan prisoners refrained from meeting kin till April 19 ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 19:11 IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 6 (ANI): Amid a surge in the COVID-19 cases in the state, prisoners in jails across Rajasthan have been refrained from meeting their families in person till April 19 but will continue to stay in touch with them through monitored phone call and video conferencing.
Speaking to ANI, Director General, Prisons, Rajasthan, Rajeev Dasot said, Recently the state government has issued various COVID guidelines amid a surge in the number of cases. Since reports of prisoners testing COVID positive in a few jails have come to light and taking into consideration the health of the prison inmates, the jail administration has decided that till April 19, the prisoners have been refrained from meeting their families in person in all the jails across the state but they will be able to stay in touch with their ki
16 prisoners put chilli powder in jail staff s eyes, escape from Jodhpur prison
The prisoners then proceeded to make a daring escape in a Scorpio that had been parked strategically, right outside prison premises. File photo
Updated: Apr 6, 2021, 03:16 PM IST
In what looks like a scene out of a Bollywood flick, 16 prisoners escaped from Phalodi jail in Rajasthan s Jodhpur district on Monday night by putting chilli powder in the prison staff s eyes.
The prisoners then proceeded to make a daring escape in a Scorpio that had been parked strategically, right outside prison premises.
DG Jail Rajeev Dasot reached Phalodi and told IANS said that four staff members have been suspended with immediate effect and the investigation handed over to deputy IG Surendra Singh Shekhawat.
Rajasthan: 16 prisoners put chilli powder in jail staff s eyes, escape
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Jaipur, April 6 : In what seemed like a scene out of a Bollywood flick, 16 prisoners escaped from Phalodi jail in Rajasthan s Jodhpur district on Monday night by putting chilli power in the prison staff s eyes.
The prisoners then proceeded to make a daring escape in a Scorpio that had been parked strategically, right outside prison premises.
DG Jail Rajeev Dasot reached Phalodi and told IANS said that four staff members have been suspended with immediate effect and the investigation handed over to deputy IG Surendra Singh Shekhawat.
16 prisoners flee Phalodi jail in Rajasthan, 4 officials suspended
Jodhpur
Four officials were suspended on charges of negligence after 16 prisoners escaped from Jodhpur s Phalodi jail in Rajasthan on Monday evening. Taking cognisance of the incident where jail inmates had fled on Monday evening, the jail administration on Tuesday suspended four officials including a head constable. The officials were suspended on charges of negligence cited in prima facie investigations.
According to an official statement, the prisoners had escaped after allegedly blinding the guards with pepper powder. The incident was reported around 8:30 pm on Monday following which an FIR has been registered at the Phalodi police station.
16 prisoners flee from Phalodi jail in Rajasthan, four officials suspended ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 17:49 IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], April 6 (ANI): Four officials were suspended on charges of negligence after 16 prisoners escaped from Jodhpur s Phalodi jail in Rajasthan on Monday evening.
Taking cognisance of the incident where jail inmates had fled yesterday evening, the jail administration on Tuesday suspended four officials including a head constable. The officials were suspended on charges of negligence cited in prima facie investigations.
According to an official statement, the prisoners had escaped after allegedly blinding the guards with pepper powder. The incident was reported around 8:30 pm yesterday following which an FIR has been registered at the Phalodi police station.