CHANDIGARH, Oct. 25 -- The Haryana director general (DG) of prisons Alok Kumar Roy on Friday said that the gangsters lodged in the state's jails have been stripped of the privileges such as "no manual labour" and that they are now treated like ordinary inmates putting an end to what he described as the long-standing "bhai ji culture" prevalent in Haryana prisons. Gangsters are referred to as "bhai ji" in jails.

According to the DG prisons, earlier ordinary inmates were made to work while gangsters relaxed. He said that culture is finished now and that manual labour is divided equally among all prisoners.

"The bhai ji culture is over. Now, all inmates wear the same prison uniform and the gangsters are being treated like any other prisone...