As per Tihar Jail officials, these 80 officials include five deputy superintendents, nine assistant superintendents, eight head wardens and 50 wardens. The current rejig comes in the wake of earlier this month, in which as many as 99 Tihar prison officials were transferred Tillu Tajpuriya Murder Aftermath: 80 Prison Officials Transferred After Gangster Killed in Tihar Jail.
The HC was hearing a plea filed by Tajpuriya's father Jagpal Singh and his brother seeking a CBI investigation and also apprehending a threat to their life. Tajpuriya was stabbed to death allegedly by four inmates from a rival gang at Tihar’s jail number 8 on May 2
Tihar jail informed the Court that the people responsible have been suspended and Quick Response Team is being constituted to deal with such incidents.
With Tillu Tajpuriya's murder inside Delhi's Tihar jail early this month raising questions on security inside the prison, Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) HGS Dhaliwal on Friday said that there were "lapses from the jail administration's end."