Dayananda, the warden of the judicial wing of the jail has not only been behaving authoritatively but has also been resorting to collecting money from the inmates while their release. The complainant has said that the inmates are supposed to pay money to the said staff even to avail medical help in case of illness.
Sheikh said that Dayanand is closely associated to CCB Inspector Venkatesh Prasanna, DySP Jayanth Shetty and others and on their direction he tends to harass the inmates.
Sheikh is of the opinion that since Dayanand is an active member of Sangh Parivar, he has been harassing the Muslim inmates of the jail and due to his biasness, Muslim inmates are often prevented from appearing before the Court.
Further it is said that the sub ordinates who refuse to dance on his tunes are transferred immediately.
In his complaint to the High Court Chief justice, Police Commissioner and others Sheikh has urged that such a communal officer must be taken to task and the inmates of the jail must be protected. The written complaint (memorandum) has been signed by 59 other inmates who have faced atrocities at the hands of the said official.
However, responding to the same, Commissioner of Police has said that since management of Jail comes under a separate department, the complaint will be forward to them promptly.
Jail Superintendent while rejecting the allegations said, “I have been here over the last 1.5 month and according to me no such incident has occurred. There is shortage of escort staff but the Commissioner of Police has been sending certain number of staff. Depending on this the inmates are produced before the Court. According to me, the inmates who could not be produced before the Court are making such allegations,” said Jail Superintendent Doddakamaiah.
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