While nine of the 14 agitating inmates were rushed to the District Hospital five others were under treatment in the jail premises itself by a team of doctors sent in by the district authorities.
Of late much is happening with respect to the Cellular Jail or “Kala Pani” which once became synonymous with harsh and inhuman treatment, hard labour, torture and vile conditions endured by freedom fighters.
The Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to pay Rs 20 lakh compensation to a widow whose husband, lodged in a jail, died due to a lack of proper treatment extended to him by the prison authorities.
With this, a total of six accused have so far been convicted and sentenced in the case, relating to spying at vital installations and Indian Navy establishments by foreign spies/agents with the intent to threaten its unity, integrity, security and sovereignty.
She claimed that the NDA government is the true guarantor of development, security, and stability, in the state, adding that the days of 'Jungle Raj' are no more, and that Bihar is set to move forward on the road to progress.
Khan’s aide on legal affairs Naeem Haider Panjotha said the prison had been turned into a ‘no-go’ area for his lawyers or local people.
The deal was settled at Rs 35 lakh and the officers had already taken Rs 20 lakh in two installments – Rs 15 lakh and Rs 5 lakh on 9 November 2022 and 22 November, 2022.
Sent to jail for amassing disproportionate assets to the tune of 506 per cent of his known sources of income.
The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the 2013 Allahabad High Court order sending Virendra Singh to six months imprisonment.
Former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is undergoing a year's rigorous imprisonment in a jail in his hometown Patiala in a 1988 road rage case, is likely to be released prematurely on Saturday, with a remission of 45 days in his prison term.
