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From sandwiches to beverages: In Pune’s Yerwada jail, prisoners learn multi-cuisine cooking

April 18, 2025 6:37 pm

A senior police officer said convicts and under-trials, who have an interest in cooking, are participating in the training programme at the Yerwada jail.

Murder convict escapes from Pune’s Yerawada open jail, second incident this year

December 12, 2024 6:25 pm

The police said the man was reported missing during the attendance conducted by Yerawada Central Prison staff on Wednesday afternoon.

Pune: A quick chase by women cop helps land escaped convict back in jail

August 24, 2024 8:15 am

Police suspected he had fled from the open jail. A first information report (FIR) in this case was lodged at Yerwada police station on Monday

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Pune’s Yerwada jail reports murder convict’s escape, search on

August 21, 2024 7:18 am

Jail constable Avinash Pawar lodged the first information report (FIR) in this case at the Yerwada police station on Monday.

Against All Odds | Why a restaurant run by prisoners open to the public is tasting success

August 06, 2024 10:03 am

Inaugurated last year with a staff of 15 inmates of Pune’s Yerawada Open Prison, Shrunkhala Upahargruha is now managed by 36 inmates and serves breakfast, lunch and snacks staples.

Pune: Murder convict goes missing from Yerwada jail, probe on

November 21, 2023 6:12 pm

He was named accused in a 2008 murder case in Pune

Money order fraud of over Rs 26 lakh unearthed at Pune’s Yerwada jail

September 23, 2023 12:31 pm

An FIR was lodged against a rape convict for allegedly making false entries and using fake signatures to tamper with the money order register in the prison.

Convict in Kopardi rape-murder case ‘dies by suicide’ in Pune’s Yerwada jail

September 10, 2023 11:35 am

The case pertains to the rape and subsequent murder of a 14-year-old girl by three men in Kopardi village in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district on July 13, 2016.

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Kalyan jail chief, 2 officials suspended, 15 Yerawada prison staff transferred

July 13, 2023 7:47 pm

Junior officials at the prison, in a suo motu action, seized over a dozen cellphones on different occasions.

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NIA seeks report on whether ex-cop Sharma needs further hospitalisation

June 02, 2023 1:51 am

The NIA also submitted that during his hospital stay, Sharma was meeting his family and others, including one wanted accused, one convict in the Lakhan Bhaiya encounter case and acquitted in 2013, as well as a witness in the Antilia case.

YERWADA JAIL VIDEOS

Film fraternity welcomes Sanju Baba with open arms

February 26, 2016 7:09 am

Mumbai, Feb 26 (ANI): Celebrating Sanjay Dutt's release, Bollywood celebrities welcomed Dutt with open arms. Apart from celebs wishing the actor on social media, many of them, including Sophie Choudry, Shakti Kapoor and R. Madhavan, visited actor's residence to welcome him. Dutt's family and friends, including wife Manyata Dutt and filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani, were present outside the Yerwada jail in Pune to receive him on Thursday morning. Dutt was arrested for possessing a prohibited weapon AK 56 rifle under the Arms Act, in the Mumbai serial bomb blast case. Expressing his happiness, actor Shakti Kapoor said he met Dutt and could see drastic change in his behaviour. He further said Sanjay is a versatile actor and he will surely help him in whichever way he needs it.

PIL filed in Bombay HC against Sanjay Dutt's early release tomorrow

February 24, 2016 2:38 pm

Mumbai, Feb. 24 (ANI): With actor Sanjay Dutt set to walk out of Yerwada Jail in Pune on Thursday after serving 42 months under the Arms Act in the 1993 Bombay blast case, social activist Pradip Bhalekar on Wednesday filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Bombay High Court against his early release. Questioning the "special treatment" given to the actor, the PIL, which is likely to be taken up by the court on Thursday, sought the cancellation of the Maharashtra Government's decision to grant him a remission. The PIL urged the court to order the actor to serve his entire five-year sentence.