New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Two wardens of Delhi's Rohini jail have been arrested for allegedly extorting jail inmates, particularly undertrials, and their families for months in exchange for providing basic amenities, concessions and certain special services, said police deployed with the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Delhi.

The accused - identified as Dinesh Dabas and Pankaj Kumar - had been working at the jail for around three years. The families were being asked to pay between Rs.50,000 to Rs.1 lakh for the provision of basic amenities to the inmate, such as a clean cell or food on time, said a senior officer at the jail.

"The wardens tried to make more money by offering phones to inmates and exemption from certain duties such as washro...