Pb govt directs special facilities to Muslim inmates

Punjab government today directed all the jail superintendents in the state to extend special and needful facilities to the inmates belonging to Muslim community during the holy month of Ramzan.
Punjab Jails Minister Sohan Singh Thandal, while reviewing the arrangements for the holy month of Ramzan in Jails, directed all the superintendents to provide eatable including milk, fruits and other eatables as per the need of inmates during fasts observed by them, an official release said here.
"Special efforts should be made for immaculate arrangements on the eve of Ramzan, besides ensuring the provision of hygienic food in accordance with jail manuals," he said.

He also directed all doctors posted in the jails to check the quality of food before cooking and serving to the inmates, it said.