233 Assam jail inmates test positive for COVID-19
The Hindu
Vaccination enabled for 958 prisoners, many of whom do not have valid documents such as Aadhaar card
The sudden detection of COVID-19 infections among 105 inmates of the Dibrugarh and Sivasagar jails in eastern Assam has taken the current positive count among prisoners to 233. Officials said there were 128 COVID-19 positive prisoners across 16 of Assam’s 31 jails till May 17, including six facilities that also serve as detention centres for declared foreigners. “But 54 prisoners in Dibrugarh Central Jail and 51 in the Sivasagar jail tested positive over the past couple of days, after some 400 of them were tested. There are 233 positive prisoners as of today, with a few having recovered over a month or so,” Inspector-General of Prisons Barnali Sarma told The Hindu.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.