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CENTRAL JAIL NEWS

‘50 Years of Emergency’: Political, social activists recall the ‘dark period’, say ‘memories still fresh’

June 27, 2025 9:14 am

Vaidya, another resident of Shimla’s Subhash Nagar, said: “Although I was released on bail much earlier than many of my contemporaries, the real sufferers were the families of those imprisoned for nearly 19 months.”

NCRB data: Tamil Nadu records lowest prison occupancy rate in 2017

November 02, 2019 5:09 pm

As of 2017 data, Tamil Nadu houses 5,213 convicts in jail compared to 27,501 in Uttar Pradesh. Interestingly, out of 1,361 prisons in the country, Tamil Nadu has 138 prisons, the highest in the country.

Murder convict knifed in Bhopal Central Jail by fellow inmate

December 27, 2017 6:52 pm

When asked about the likely motive behind the attack, the officer said Supiyar Singh has told police that Modak Singh was threatening to kill him. "However, Modak Singh has denied Supiyar Singh's contention," the officer said.

A month after mob lynched jail inmate, Dimapur gets Police Commissionerate

April 16, 2015 4:10 pm

Dimapur alone accounts for more than 40 per cent of crimes registered in Nagaland.

Order on application charging Sai of wearing turban reserved

February 14, 2014 2:52 pm

Sai himself had admitted to police on December 11 that he had physical relationship with eight of his female disciples.

Prisoner kills inmate,hurts one in Nashik

October 17, 2013 5:02 am

Both prisoners sustained serious injuries and were rushed to Nashik civil hospital.

35-year-old convicted

March 22, 2013 2:22 am

A 35-Year-Old man under treatment at the psychiatric ward of Central Jail,Ambala,on Thursday was convicted of “brutally’’ murdering his own daughter in 2011.

Woman alleges rape by four,case registered

March 13, 2013 2:34 am

A widow in her 30s has alleged that four persons gangraped her.

Member of gang accused of 7 murders escapes

September 21, 2012 12:12 am

While the police succeeded in nabbing three inmates who had escaped from the Central Jail late on Wednesday night,they had to face embarrassment after one member of a gang accused of seven murders escaped from Basti Jodhewal police station on the same night.

Statebriefs: Prisoner escapes from police van in Nashik

September 14, 2012 1:48 am

A prisoner,serving life term in the Central jail,gave the police a slip and escaped while being taken to a hospital,jail officials said on Thursday.

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