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Yogi forms committee to ensure safety in UP jails

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ANI Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India]

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday formed a three member-committee to look after the security arrangements in the prisons across the state.

The committee will be headed by former Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Sulkhan Singh. The team will also comprise of former ADG (Prison) Harishankar and ADG (Prison) Dr Sharad.

This comes after gangster Munna Bajrangi was shot dead inside Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat District Jail a few days back allegedly by a fellow inmate.

Munna Bajrangi was taken to Baghpat on July 7 as he was to appear before a Baghpat court in connection with an ongoing trial related to a case of extortion.

 

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First Published: Jul 10 2018 | 10:40 PM IST

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