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26 prisoners hospitalised in Pondy
Puducherry,
Nov
16:
As
many
as
26
fasting
in
mates
of
the
Central
Prison
here
were
admitted
to
the
Government
General
Hospital,
even
as
their
fast
entered
the
fourth
day
today
to
press
the
demand
for
shifting
the
jail
superintendent
and
a
meeting
with
Mr
Justice
Venugopal.
The prisoners alleged that Jail Superintendent Jayakanthan was harassing those who deposed against him before the Justice Venugopal Commission in connection with the death of three prisoners in the Central Prison in 2005 after consuming liquor laced with poison, found in the jail premises.
Meanwhile, Chief Jail Superintendent Durga Prasad, in a release here, denied that the prisoners were being harassed. Certain restrictions were imposed following the seizure of mobile phones, smuggled into the prison along with eatables.
UNI
