Jailed gangsters to be shifted frequently

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 13

The state Jail Department will shift the arrested gangsters from one jail to another at regular intervals to ensure that they don’t form a nexus.

Jail Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said this while chairing a meeting of the top brass of the jail department here today.

Around 20 hardcore gang leaders and nearly 200 members of different gangs are lodged in the state jails. Earlier, the Jail Department used to keep gangsters in specially secured separate cells within the jail premises.

He added that the government would spend Rs 5 crore on the modernisation of the state jails - Rs 2.75 crore would be spent on the purchase of new vehicles and the rest Rs 2.25 crore on sophisticated weapons. The minister said Rs 1 crore would be spent on the facelift as well as upgrade of infrastructure in the district jails.