Lax handling in jail of high risk prisoners

That the high-risk prisoners should be allowed to meet with relatives in violation of the jail code and without ascertaining the veracity of the relationship with the prisoners is surprising. What is even more alarming is that some of them are at large on bail. And one such prisoner is accused of plotting to target VVIPs. That is not all; most of the hundred or so in jail on charges of militancy and terrorism mingle freely and scheme from within the jail further acts of violence.

That such a state of affairs should prevail in the main prison of the country is surprising. These flaws were detected by an inquiry committee. One would have thought that like all security establishments, the prisons would also be subjected to periodic internal security survey to detect loopholes in the system and those removed as a matter of routine.

And what we fail to understand is how come one with such serious charges as plotting to kill VVIPs, and arrested with material evidence, should be free on bail, even more so when there was information that he would again indulge in extremist activities. And that too he was allowed to leave the prison well after the time in the evening specified in the jail code.   

Regrettably, the outcome of lax oversight is that not only are those inside the jail engaged in plotting violence, those on bail are also engaged in conspiracy. We would hope that these flaws would be removed immediately, and, in particular a cell, as we were given to understand by the attorney general, to address the issue of bail of the militants, be set up quickly.