Faridkot jail super,storekeeper suspended

Bains accompanied with Deputy Commissioner Faridkot Ravi Bhagat had come to the jail on Thursday to inspect the ground realities himself. S P Tejinder Singh Maur has been handed over the charge of the jail for now and a departmental inquiry has also been ordered in the case.

The chief minister had inaugurated this modern jail that has been constructed at a cost of Rs 113 crore and is reportedly based on prisons in Spain on November 8. Spread across 72 acres,the Faridkot jail has about 13 barracks and can house around 2,072 inmates. The prison has its own power system,an inbuilt video conference system,water treatment plant,eight sheds where jail inmates will be imparted skills,library,kitchen,a 50-bed hospital and a dispensary. What sets it apart,is that it has 96 quarters,48 of which will be used by families of certain inmates who will be allowed to stay for a week.

At the very first week of the its operations,however,the prison has been beset by problems. The inmates allege that despite the jail’s doctors having certified the food being served ‘not fit for human consumption’,they were being given the very same food.

Following his inspection,Bains said: “ The government has made this jails so that inmates can get a decent life and if any official is found denying them their basic rights then he will have to face the music”.