Cops supply drugs to inmates,alleges PIL

A prisoner had died in the jail on November 20 following which other inmates had entered into a scuffle with authorities. Alleging that the medical facilities being provided to the inmates are of very poor nature,the petitioner has sought medical examination of prisoners who sustained injuries in the said incident.

Also,the petitioner has sought compensation to legal heirs of the inmate who died due to firing by jail authorities and to prisoners who sustained injuries due to lathi charge on November 20 and November 21 in the Modern Jail.

Moreover,he has also sought directions to Superintendent,Modern Jail,Kapurthala,to permit the petitioner and members of Punjab Human Rights Organisation to visit the prison and meet the prisoners to help prepare an independent fact finding report on the incident.

The PIL,while alleging that Makhan Singh died in the jail due to lack of medical treatment,claims that fake medical certificates have been prepared in the past to project that inmates had died after they were brought to the hospital.

“The petitioner has been informed that rich and influential inmates are referred by the jail authorities in Punjab to hospitals outside the prison even for minor ailments so that they can enjoy time with their families whereas on the other hand,the poor inmates are not even given basic medical treatment,” reads the petition.