The Punjab CM said officers and the staff will be held personally accountable for any sort of security lapse in the jails across the state.
Mann warns jail staff against security lapse
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Tuesday, said officers and the staff will be held personally accountable for any sort of security lapse in the jails across the state.
The CM, who inspected the New District Jail at Nabha (Patiala) on Tuesday, said the state government has already installed high powered Jammers, door metal detectors and other equipment besides providing vehicles for the department to update the security system in the jails.
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Mann, however, said it is surprising to note that reports of mobiles and drugs making inroads in the jails are still coming in.
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The CM said such sort of laxity on part of the jail staff is unwarranted and undesirable. He warned the officers that strict action will be taken against the officers who are responsible for this lapse.
Mann said the officers at the helms of affairs in jails across the state will be made accountable for such callousness and exemplary action will be taken against them.
Underlining the need to strictly check the supply of drugs and mobiles in the jails, the CM also directed the officers to take every step to curb this illegal practice. He said that security of the Jails was the prime concern of the state government and no compromise can be made in this regard.
Expressing deep concern over the rising incidents of indiscipline amongst the jail inmates, Mann asked the officers to discourage this trend by taking the appropriate remedial measures.
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