Fearing backlash: Pak prisoners separated from others in Indian jails
The decision comes within days of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq being beaten up in a Jammu jail.
The jail department has directed all Superintendents of Central Jails of Punjab to shift all the Pakistani prisoners to the side barracks. PHOTO: AFP/ FILE
CHANDIGARH:
Apprehending a backlash following the death of Sarabjit Singh, 57 Pakistani prisoners, including two women, lodged in jails of north Indian state Punjab were segregated from other prisoners and security was beefed up, the Press Trust of India reported on Sunday.
The decision comes within days of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq being beaten up in a Jammu jail. Sanaullah, who was flown to Chandigarh for treatment, is in a critical condition.
All the Pakistani prisoners are to be shifted to the side barracks on the directions of jail department, given to all Superintendents of Central Jails of Punjab, to prevent the Indian prisoners from interacting with them, officials said.
The security of all the Pakistani prisoners languishing in Punjab jails has been tightened and as a precautionary measure they are not being allowed to move out of their barracks, Jail Minister of north Indian state Punjab Sarwan Singh Phillaur said while expressing concern over the attack on a Pakistani prisoner in jail in north Indian town Jammu.
The Jail authorities have been told that the Pakistani prisoners would not be allowed to come out from their barracks till further orders. Normally, they are allowed to move in jail compound from 10 AM to 2 PM (local time).
Jail officials have also been asked to check the food which is given to these prisoners. Only jails officials are allowed to provide them with food in their barracks, the sources said.
The security of Pakistani prisoners in Punjab jails has been stepped up following the death of Sarabjit Singh, early on May 2, the official said.
Singh failed to recover from injuries he sustained when he was attacked by six inmates in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail.
As many as 57 Pakistani prisoners, including two women, are lodged in Punjab's five jails.
Amritsar Jail has 38 prisoners, while Ferozepur has eight, Ludhiana - two (women), Kapurthala - two, Patiala - three and Nabha has four prisoners.
The high security Patiala Central Jail has three conspirators of hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane at Kandahar in 1999 -- Abdul Latif, Dalip Kumar and Yusuf Nepali -- who are lodged there since their arrest about twelve years ago.
Apprehending a backlash following the death of Sarabjit Singh, 57 Pakistani prisoners, including two women, lodged in jails of north Indian state Punjab were segregated from other prisoners and security was beefed up, the Press Trust of India reported on Sunday.
The decision comes within days of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq being beaten up in a Jammu jail. Sanaullah, who was flown to Chandigarh for treatment, is in a critical condition.
All the Pakistani prisoners are to be shifted to the side barracks on the directions of jail department, given to all Superintendents of Central Jails of Punjab, to prevent the Indian prisoners from interacting with them, officials said.
The security of all the Pakistani prisoners languishing in Punjab jails has been tightened and as a precautionary measure they are not being allowed to move out of their barracks, Jail Minister of north Indian state Punjab Sarwan Singh Phillaur said while expressing concern over the attack on a Pakistani prisoner in jail in north Indian town Jammu.
The Jail authorities have been told that the Pakistani prisoners would not be allowed to come out from their barracks till further orders. Normally, they are allowed to move in jail compound from 10 AM to 2 PM (local time).
Jail officials have also been asked to check the food which is given to these prisoners. Only jails officials are allowed to provide them with food in their barracks, the sources said.
The security of Pakistani prisoners in Punjab jails has been stepped up following the death of Sarabjit Singh, early on May 2, the official said.
Singh failed to recover from injuries he sustained when he was attacked by six inmates in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail.
As many as 57 Pakistani prisoners, including two women, are lodged in Punjab's five jails.
Amritsar Jail has 38 prisoners, while Ferozepur has eight, Ludhiana - two (women), Kapurthala - two, Patiala - three and Nabha has four prisoners.
The high security Patiala Central Jail has three conspirators of hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane at Kandahar in 1999 -- Abdul Latif, Dalip Kumar and Yusuf Nepali -- who are lodged there since their arrest about twelve years ago.