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FIR registered against DIG of Prisons & ors for reportedly engaging life convict in household work


FIR registered against DIG of Prisons & ors for reportedly engaging life convict in household work

CHENNAI, Sep 7:  The Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department has registered a First Information Report against Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, Vellore Range, R. Rajalakshmi; Additional Superintendent of Vellore Central Prison A. Abdul Rahman and 12 others on charges of forcing convicted prisoners to do household work in the residences of prison officials and then torturing them when valuables go missing.

The FIR has been registered on the orders passed by Justices S.M. Subramaniam and V. Sivagnanam of the Madras High Court after Vellore Chief Judicial Magistrate submitted a report stating that the charges levelled by life convict S. Sivakumar do require a detailed inquiry.

The orders were passed after the convict’s mother S. Kalavathi approached the High Court.

 

 


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