Officials seize 29 TV sets during surprise checks at Puzhal prison
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 29.09.2018
Officials conducted surprise checks in Puzhal Central Prison here on Thursday and seized 29 television sets, 28 radios, four pressure cookers, 200kg of basmati rice, 50kg of dal, 75kg of maida flour and 60 litres of cooking oil and cots from several cells. The raid started on Thursday evening and ended late in the night.
This was the fifth raid in the cells after photographs of prisoner’s ‘personal’ life were leaked on September 14. Following the photo leak, prison officials conducted surprise checks in Prison-1and Prison-2 and seized 18 TV sets from A Class wards. Inmates were found using USB ports to charge mobile phones.
Thursday’s raid in the convicts’ prison wascarriedoutby ateam ledby prison DIGMurugesan and new superintendent Senthil Kumar.
Sources said some prisoners got special permission to use cots in their cells. These cots were being used by other prisoners since they had not been returned after those who had been originally using them left the jail. The prison officials were checking if the warders and other prison staffs had been renting the cots out to the prisoners.
Prison officials said there was nothing wrong about certain inmates enjoying differential treatment. "It's not illegal for ‘A’ class prisoners to get their own mattresses," the officer said.
The Puzhal Central Jail, which has a 212-acre campus, can accommodate up to 3,000 prisoners. It is considered one of the most modern prisons in the country.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 29.09.2018
Officials conducted surprise checks in Puzhal Central Prison here on Thursday and seized 29 television sets, 28 radios, four pressure cookers, 200kg of basmati rice, 50kg of dal, 75kg of maida flour and 60 litres of cooking oil and cots from several cells. The raid started on Thursday evening and ended late in the night.
This was the fifth raid in the cells after photographs of prisoner’s ‘personal’ life were leaked on September 14. Following the photo leak, prison officials conducted surprise checks in Prison-1and Prison-2 and seized 18 TV sets from A Class wards. Inmates were found using USB ports to charge mobile phones.
Thursday’s raid in the convicts’ prison wascarriedoutby ateam ledby prison DIGMurugesan and new superintendent Senthil Kumar.
Sources said some prisoners got special permission to use cots in their cells. These cots were being used by other prisoners since they had not been returned after those who had been originally using them left the jail. The prison officials were checking if the warders and other prison staffs had been renting the cots out to the prisoners.
Prison officials said there was nothing wrong about certain inmates enjoying differential treatment. "It's not illegal for ‘A’ class prisoners to get their own mattresses," the officer said.
The Puzhal Central Jail, which has a 212-acre campus, can accommodate up to 3,000 prisoners. It is considered one of the most modern prisons in the country.
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