MALDA, April 10: The inmates in Malda Correctional Home started an agitation last night, refusing food in protest against the alleged torture of an inmate Pintu Sheikh who they claim caught a jail employee red-handed stealing mustard oil from a store room yesterday evening.
Inmates alleged that Pintu Sheikh was severally beaten up within the jail by the wardens last night in their attempt to unearth the truth behind the alleged theft. The inmates were also protesting against the poor quality of food in the jail and the stealing of materials from the kitchen store rooms.
The Malda district magistrate Mr Sridhar Ghosh visited the jail today and met the inmates, requesting them to relinquish their hunger strike. Mr Ghosh told reporters that he would draw the attention of the higher authorities of the correction home to the matter, and had sought written complaints from the inmates.
The Malda DM backed up the claim that Pintu Sheikh was assaulted inside the jail, provoked by the protests lodged against the jail employee, and expressed unhappiness over his torture. The district authorities of Malda Correctional Home reported the matter to their higher authorities. Senior officer Mr K Pramanik from Kolkata arrived at the correctional home to investigate the matter this afternoon, and held separate meetings with the jail authorities and inmates in an attempt to resolve the crisis. n SNS
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