Lack of prompt medical facilities and proper surveillance in
the Asia’s largest prison – Tihar Jail --, the death of inmates doubled compare
to last year.
The Tihar Jail has witnessed 35 deaths, including two
suicides and two murders, during 213, an official said. In 2012, sixteen
inmates died inside the jail and two prisoners committed suicide.
In 2013, Delhi gang-rape prime accused Ram Singh committed
suicide by hanging himself. Ram Singh was found hanging inside jail number 3.
He was rushed to the jail hospital but declared dead on arrival.
Magisterial inquiries were conducted in every death but
inquiry reports in the suicide cases and murders are yet to come.
Though, the jail authorities claim that the most of the
death were natural and round-the-clock medical attention is given to jail
inmates. There is a 150-bedded hospital in central jail number 3 and
dispensaries attached to other jails. However, sources said that lack of proper
surveillance and medical attention; the inmates have died in the jail.
But interesting incidents of murders were not reported
earlier years. Last year, two murder incidents took place inside the jail
premises.
In one of the incident, Mohammad Javed was brutally murdered
inside the jail premises during roll call in month of March 2013. Javed, a
resident of Seelampur, was lodged in jail for a murder case. The jail
authorities were tight-lipped over the matter and said that the magisterial
inquiry is still pending.
As many as 14,000 prisoners are lodged inside nine jails,
out of which 600 are women.
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