Staines accused Dara Singh on yoga mission in jail

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Baripada, Orissa, Aug 12 (UNI) After browsing the ''Bhagwat Gita'' sermons and chanting the hymns from the ''Hanuman Chalisa'', Dara Singh, prime accused in the Staines murder case, has now delved himself into a domain of practicing ''Yoga'' in Baripada Circle jail here.

Jail Senior Superintendent Sibdas Chand said at least fifty jailbirds including Dara Singh have joined a one-week-long Yoga training classes, being held inside the main prison campus this week.

Swami Chidananda Maharaj and Maharaj Dhirendra Acharya of ''Yoga Sadhana Mission'', New Delhi, took the classes and imparted training on Yoga to the 50 inmates of the Baripada Circle Jail, Mr Chand said.

The new initiative of imparting Yoga to jail inmates was taken by Additional DGP-cum-Inspector General of Prisons in Orissa Anup Kumar Patnaik.

The top boss of the Orissa jails launched this programme for jail inmates with a view to develop the moral and ethical standards in their life values, the Superintendent said.

Yoga Guru Swami Chidanand Maharaj, when contacted, told reporters that all the 50 jailbirds, who evinced keen interests in the short training course, have expressed their desire to continue and promised to bring others for such exercise daily.

Similar short-term Yoga training will also be organised in the Sambalpur Circle Jail and the Bhawanipatna District Jail during the current trip to Orissa, the Yoga Gurus said.

Dara Singh said he was inspired by the initiative taken by the bosses of the jails adding that he would continue Yoga as this would keep him mentally and physically fit.

Yet another undertrial prisoner, Rajkumar Biswal (33), an accused for allegedly killing his wife, said ''Yoga is indispensable for ensuring a peaceful life''. Biswal, a former lecturer in Economics of Gadia Anchalika Mahavidyalaya in Mayurbhanj, said that he was immensely benefited from Yoga practices to relieve himself from mental stress since last one week.

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