VVIP treatment to singer Karan Aujla at Ludhiana Central Jail: ADGP submits report to govt

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, April 17

In a Ludhiana Central Jail episode in which the singer Karan Aujla and several others were given VVIP treatment allegedly by Jail Superintendent Rajiv Arora, ADGP (Prisons) PK Sinha has sent the probe report to the state government.

Sinha said the report was submitted to the state government and further action or recommendations now had to be made by the government. “My purpose was to conduct the inquiry and I had deployed DIG (Prisons) SS Saini, who visited the jail and conducted a thorough probe into the matter. I cannot comment if the probe has found Jail Superintendent Rajiv Arora guilty or innocent. Now the report is with the government and it will issue further directions,” added the ADGP.

After the incident on April 7, Minister for Jails Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa had asked the ADGP (Prisons) to probe the matter and fix the responsibility of Jail Superintendent Rajeev Arora, if the latter had resorted to any negligence.

Jail Superintendent Arora had already denied the allegations of VVIP treatment to singer Aujla. He said that singer was his family friend and he had come to have a cup of tea with him at the jail.

When singer Aujla had visited the jail, official escort Gypsy of Ludhiana Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu had led the cavalcade of Aujla. The police had also submitted report in this regard to the police headquarters after enquiring from the jail and checking the CCTV footages of smart city cameras.