VIP treatment to jailed ex-MP: 3 jail staffers suspended
LUCKNOW, June 4 -- Three staffers at the Lalitpur district jail were suspended for providing VVIP facilities to former Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Rizwan Zaheer, who has been in prison for more than three years after being accused of conspiracy in a murder case, senior jail administration officials confirmed on Tuesday.
The jail officials said several banned items such as a branded mattress, pillows, a battery-operated fan, a packet of ghee, pickles, a tiffin box, oil, soap, shampoo and cream, along with Rs 30,000 in cash, were recovered from the barrack of the former lawmaker during a surprise inspection by a team of District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) on Sunday.
District Legal Services Authority secretary Mayanl Jaiswal objected to the recoveries and sought an explanation from the local jail officials regarding the recoveries, said additional inspector general (AIG)-Prison Dharmendra Singh.
Another jail official said head jail warders Rajendra Prasad and Virendra Shah and warder Rajneesh Yadav were the three officials suspended after they were found guilty in an initial enquiry.
The inquiry was carried out by the deputy inspector general (DIG)-Kanpur Range....
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