Chandigarh, June 29 -- : The Punjab government on Friday suspended 26 officers and employees of the jail department for dereliction of duty. Punjab jail minister Laljit Singh Bhullar informed that 26 officers and employees of the jail department have been suspended with immediate effect under the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, for dereliction of duty/negligence. Giving a clear message to the officers and employees on duty in the jails of Punjab, the minister said that illegal activities, misbehavior, indiscipline, absence from duty and activities like involvement with prisoners will not be tolerated at all. The minister said that Mansa jail superintendent Iqbal Singh Brar, Ludhiana Central jail deputy superintendent Maninder Pal Cheema, Ludhiana Borstal Jail deputy superintendent Anil Bhandari, Ludhiana Central Jail deputy superintendent Sandeep Brar, Ferozepur jail ASJ Yadvinder Singh apart from warders Harbhupinder Singh and Sikander Singh, Goindwal Sahib, Bikramjit Singh and Vijay Pal Singh, Amritsar, Jatinder Singh, Ravi, Deepak Rai, Kiranjit Singh, Prithipal Singh and Satnam Singh, Kapurthala, Satnam Singh and Mandeep Singh, Hoshiarpur, Maninder Pal Singh, Ludhiana, Anu Malik, Randhir Singh, Arvind Dev Singh, Balvir Singh and Sukhpreet Singh, Mansa, Satnam Singh Nabha, Gagandeep Singh, Bathinda, and Anmol Verma, Pathankot, have been suspended. The minister said negligence in would not be tolerated. The minister further said that the officers and employees should ensure that their duties are done honestly, diligently and according to the rules....