Prisoner pays fine with jail earnings, secures release from Kalaburagi Central Jail
Kalaburagi: A prisoner at Kalaburagi Central Jail secured his release by paying the court-ordered fine using the wages he earned while incarcerated.
Durgappa (65), a resident of Jantapura village in Lingasugur taluk, Raichur district, had been serving a life sentence since 2013 in connection with a 2012 criminal case. In addition to the sentence, the court had imposed a fine of ₹1.10 lakh, with an additional penalty of one year and six months in prison if he failed to pay the amount.
Although Durgappa was set to be released in 2024, his financial situation and lack of support from relatives, who were themselves facing hardships, left him unable to pay the fine.
During his time in prison, Durgappa worked as a cook, and jail officer R. Anitha discovered that he had accumulated ₹2.80 lakh in earnings, deposited in a bank account. However, withdrawing the funds posed a challenge as the account was in another location.
Recognizing the situation, officer Anitha coordinated with bank officials and arranged for staff to accompany Durgappa to withdraw the required amount. He then paid the ₹1.10 lakh fine through the bank, following which the court issued his release order.
After completing all formalities, Durgappa was freed and reunited with his relatives.
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'Rear-guard action': BJP over Mamata accepting sports minister's resignation after Messi event
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's accepting Aroop Biswas' resignation as the state sports minister is nothing but a "rear-guard action" to douse public anger over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event last week.
BJP co-in-charge for West Bengal Amit Malviya alleged that this is also an "open confession" that the Messi event fiasco was not accidental but a government-manufactured disaster, borne out of the poor governance of Banerjee, her ministers and the state bureaucracy.
Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Biswas' resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Messi's event last week, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said.
Biswas, who had written to the chief minister seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities as sports minister, will continue as a cabinet minister, retaining charge of the power department.
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Reacting to the development, Malviya said in a post on X, "TMC Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigns after the Messi fiasco and Mamata Banerjee accepts it in record time."
"Do not mistake this for accountability; this is nothing but a rear-guard action to douse public anger. anger! This is not 'Raj Dharma'," he added.
The BJP leader alleged that the incident was the outcome of "loot" of common people which is "so synonymous" with the TMC.
The incident was also the outcome of the "shameless VIP culture that TMC thrives on and deep-rooted cronyism promoted by Banerjee," he charged.
Malviya further alleged that Biswas' resignation exposes a "collective failure of Mamata Banerjee, her partisan bureaucracy, and her crony cabinet".
"This is a symbolic sacrifice, a political hoax, soon to be buried under layers of bureaucracy, with no justice, no accountability, and no remorse," the BJP leader said, adding, "No resignation will bring back the time lost, the money wasted, or the stolen chance for football lovers to witness Messi in Kolkata."
