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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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When the jail administration learned about the incident, DG Jail Anand Kumar sought a report and suspended jail warden Ashok Yadav concerned with immediate effect.
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