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This is an archive article published on July 11, 2010

Jailor held accepting TV set sent by inmate

The jailor of Muzaffarnagar district jail was arrested on Saturday after he was reportedly caught accepting a colour television from the associates of a gangster lodged in the same jail.

The jailor of Muzaffarnagar district jail was arrested on Saturday after he was reportedly caught accepting a colour television from the associates of a gangster lodged in the same jail. Those who carried the item to Jailor Ajay Kumar Saxena’s official residence included a criminal,who has been on the run for the last several months.

Muzaffarnagar SSP Praveen Kumar said on receiving a tip-off that jail inmate Deepak Jatav had ordered for a television to be given to the jailor,a trap was laid around Saxena’s residence.

Three persons arrived at the jailor’s place in an SUV. As the trio took the television inside Saxena’s house,the city magistrate and Circle Officer (City) Shashi Shekhar Singh caught him accepting the television.

The three who brought the television included criminal Dharampal,who later told police that Jatav had paid for the television and asked them to hand over the same to the jailor,the SSP said.

The jailor had demanded the television from Jatav assuring him to provide undue facilities inside the jail,said Kumar.

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