Jail authorities deny any torture inside premises

Even as Sabarmati Central Jail authorities denied any severe beating of the inmates in an affidavit,the Gujarat High Court,on Monday,directed Ahmedabad Additional Sessions Judge P B Desai to submit his report on the same.

Even as Sabarmati Central Jail authorities denied any severe beating of the inmates in an affidavit,the Gujarat High Court,on Monday,directed Ahmedabad Additional Sessions Judge P B Desai to submit his report on the same. A division bench comprising Chief Justice K S Radhakrishnan and Justice Akil Kureshi fixed the next date of hearing on Monday next.

In his affidavit,Inspector General of Police (Prisons) Keshav Kumar denied that any inmate was severely beaten up or that any of them were being kept hidden or were lying in the jail hospital as was being alleged. He said no complaint was ever received from any of the inmates regarding torture.

Kumar said he had recorded the statements of two prisoners,Akbar Rasul and Akbar Umedkhan,and both of them denied that they were beaten up. So far as the case of Sylvester was concerned,he denied that he was subjected to any severe beating.

Sylvester,Kumar said,has given a statement that he did not even know Chandrashekhar. He was in Udaipur jail in Rajasthan and had been brought to Sabarmati jail on March 20 this year in connection with a case registered against him in Navrangpura police station in Ahmedabad.

Kumar said Louis was also never beaten up. He said during a visit to the court,Louis attacked the police and an FIR was registered against him in this connection under the Prisoners Act. He also categorically denied allegations that some of the inmates were not given medical treatment. However,he admitted that one case of typhoid and two cases of jaundice had been reported in the jail but said that the inmates might have contracted the disease while going out of jail on parole.

Admitting that the water supplied in the jail is hard,he submitted that a proposal of Rs 1 crore had been mooted to the government providing mineral water to all the inmates on September 5,2008. He also denied inadequate food being given to the inmates.

Kumar said there was adequate sports facility inside the jail like volleyball,carrom,and chess. He said only cricket was restricted because the equipment could be used as weapons.

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Jail authorities deny any torture inside premises

Even as Sabarmati Central Jail authorities denied any severe beating of the inmates in an affidavit,the Gujarat High Court,on Monday,directed Ahmedabad Additional Sessions Judge P B Desai to submit his report on the same.

Even as Sabarmati Central Jail authorities denied any severe beating of the inmates in an affidavit,the Gujarat High Court,on Monday,directed Ahmedabad Additional Sessions Judge P B Desai to submit his report on the same.