Taste of prison: Indore jail to sell spices made by inmates
Indore (PTI): Inmates of the Indore Central Jail will soon be making spices which would be available for the outside world too, besides the prison’s own kitchen.
Govind Pratap Singh, Director General of the Prison and Correctional Services Department of Madhya Pradesh, inaugurated the ‘Maa Ahilya Masala Udyog’ at the Central Jail on Thursday on the occasion of Guru Purnima.
“We are training prisoners in different industries which require very little capital to start. It will prove to be helpful for them in finding self-employment after release from jail,” he said.
Jail Superintendent Alka Sonkar said prisoners will make spices like coriander, turmeric, Kashmiri red chilli and garam masala using automatic machines.
“The spices prepared by prisoners will be used in the kitchens of jails in Indore and surrounding districts. They will also be available to the general public in 250 gram, 500 gram and one kilogram packets at the sales outlet outside the central jail,” she said.
She would also request the district administration to allow the jail department to supply spices to government hostels and other public institutions, Sonkar added.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
