Video of Kalaburagi Central Jail inmates getting VIP treatment goes viral; top cop raids prison
Kalaburagi: City Police Commissioner Dr. Sharanappa Dhage raided the jail on Monday night, after video clips of inmates at the Kalaburagi Central Jail situated on the outskirts of the city leading a luxurious life in the prison went viral on social media.
An FIR has also been filed at the Farhatabad Police Station following suspicion that some of the prisoners were indulging in illegal activities.
Assistant Police Commissioner Kannika Sikrewal led the team of more than 50 police personnel, which searched the Central Jail premises for more than four hours on Monday night, found and confiscated two mobile phones, rods, beedi butts, ghutka and cigarette packets, the Commissioner said. The clips showed three prisoners Vinod, Sagar and Sonu using smart phones and having video calls with their associates. While the prisoners are also seen in the clips consuming alcohol and narcotics, Dr. Dhage added that the investigation team did not find narcotics during the raid.
In addition, ADGP Malini Krishnamurthy has paid a sudden visit to Kalaburagi Central Jail, following the suspicion that inmates at the jail are leading a luxurious life
When asked about the viral video clips, the Central Jail authorities denied giving prisoners VIP treatment and said that they too are probing the matter related to the video clips.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
