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According to the FIR registered by the VACB Special Investigation Unit-I, Kumar allegedly received Rs 1.80 lakh from prisoners and their relatives for arranging parole and other facilities inside jails.
Former Additional Chief Secretary of Kerala, Sajan Peter, highlights lapses in Kannur jail security and negligence by prison officials in Govindachamy's escape
The Jail DGP has sent back more than 100 of such recommendations forwarded by the jail superintendents.
Jail Department is considered doing away with jammers after realizing that the convicts are making unlimited number of phone calls despite the presence of the jammers.
The former VACB additional DGP replaces outgoing Rishi Raj Singh, who retired from service on Saturday.
The Director General of Prisons made the request in the light of the second wave of Covid 19 in prisons across the state.
The prisoners at this jail in Kollam district were forced to take bath only once in two or three days as the water in the well and rainwater harvesting tank on the prison premises was insufficient to meet even their basic requirements as well as for cooking.
Selling chiefly items like chappati, chicken curry, chilli chicken, liver roast and egg curries, the eatery has been popular also for its reasonable rates.
The outlets, which also envisage facilities for CNG filling and charging electric vehicles, have come up on prison land taken on a30-year lease by the IOC.
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