Tribune News Service
Sukhmeet Bhasin
Bathinda, April 9
Weeks after an interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, shot allegedly at Bathinda jail, surfaced, one other viral video purportedly exhibiting inmates flashing cellphones and alleging provide of medicine contained in the jail has put the authorities in the dock at the same time as an FIR has been registered in this regard.
Interestingly, the video went viral on social media after the police on April 4 booked 13 undertrials for allegedly defaming the Prisons Department. As per the FIR, the inmates, after getting maintain of a telephone and recording the clip, threatened the jail authorities to supply them cellphones, medicine and different issues. They later despatched the clip to a Ludhiana resident presently based mostly in Canada to make it viral. The FIR states the video was shot at a “widespread block” and never contained in the “excessive safety zone” the place hardcore prisoners have been lodged. Those named in the FIR are Mani Paras, Bhupinder Kumar, Gurjeet Singh, Harjeet Singh, Gurwinder Singh, Harpal, Harbant Singh, Navtej Singh, Manjeet Singh, Ranjodh Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Jaspreet Singh and Balram Singh.
A Bathinda Jail official stated, “This is an try to defame the jail authorities. An FIR has already been registered on our criticism.”
Bathinda Cantonment police station in-charge Gurdeep Singh stated the case was being investigated. “The video went viral from Canada. Six of these named in the FIR have been shifted to different jails,” he stated.
FIR towards 13
- 13 undertrials booked for ‘defaming’ Prisons Dept
- Inmates ‘tried to blackmail’ jail staff, sought mobiles, medicine
