Mumbai Confidential Indian Express, Thane prison special request, Chief Minister’s Secretary Pravin Darade, Energy Minister Chandrasekhar Bavankule, Union Ministry of Commerce , Minister of state (Agriculture) Sadabhau Khot, Mumbai Confidential Indian Express, Thane prison special request, Chief Minister’s Secretary Pravin Darade, Energy Minister Chandrasekhar Bavankule, Union Ministry of Commerce , Minister of state (Agriculture) Sadabhau Khot,Prison TaleJail authorities in the Thane prison are in a fix over a special request. Chintan Upadhyay, a prisoner, has sought permission to meet the chief minister to gift him a painting. Prison officials say such a request has never been made before. He has been painting in the prison to overcome depression. While Manu Kumar Srivastava, a principal secretary-rank officer of the 1986-batch, heads the department, Goyal and another additional chief secretary, Medha Gadgil, heads branches within the department.

Source: Indian Express July 16, 2017 21:00 UTC