"Terrorist" Branded On Back, Alleges Punjab Prisoner, Probe Ordered
NDTV
The jail superintendent, Balbir Singh, has denied all charges, and dismissed Karamjit Singh as a "repeat offender who has a habit of sharing concocted stories
An undertrial prisoner in Punjab's Barnala district has accused the jail superintendent of torture and branding the word 'aatankwadi', or terrorist, on his back. A jail inmate in Barnala, Karamjit Singh beaten brutally by Jail Superintendent. The word “Attwadi” meaning TERRORIST engraved on his back!This is disgusting and a serious violation of human rights. We demand strict possible action against officials involved @CHARANJITCHANNI Ji https://t.co/mYKcWyPWMhpic.twitter.com/icmiIiBSit
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has ordered a thorough probe into the claim.
The prisoner - 28-year-old Karamjit Singh - made the allegation at a court in Mansa district, where a case filed under the NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act) was being heard.
"The condition of inmates is deplorable. People diagnosed with AIDS and hepatitis are not kept in separate wards, and whenever I tried raising the issue of ill-treatment, the jail superintendent would beat me," he claimed.
