more-inThe Home Ministry has sought a report from the Director-General of the Tihar jail in the wake of media reports of a scuffle involving Kashmiri prisoners, leading to injuries. The Ministry asked the official to submit a report on the incident and the action taken. They said that going by preliminary information, three prisoners were found with unauthorised material. Details about the prisoners involved in the incident were awaited, the sources added. National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah, MP, demanded that all local prisoners lodged in jails outside Jammu and Kashmir be shifted.

Source: The Hindu November 29, 2017 17:03 UTC