Assam government has decided to remit jail sentences of 20 prisoners on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
The prisoners would be released on October two, an official release said on Thursday.
Of the total number of prisoners to be released, five each are from Dibrugarh and Golaghat Central Jails, four from Dhemaji Central Jail, two from Tinsukia and one each is from Jorhat, Barpeta, Tezpur and Nagaon jails, it said.
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