Ranchi/Patna: With Bihar's ruling JD(U) alleging violation of the jail manual by allowing RJD chief Lalu Prasad send a letter to Raghuvansh Prasad Singh asking him not to quit the party, the Jharkhand prison department on Friday said that the letter had "personal contents" and not political and no rules were bent in the matter.
Bihar Information and Public Relations department minister and JD(U) leader Neeraj Kumar had alleged violation of Bihar-Jharkhand jail manual in the case.
He pointed to a provision of the manual that said "letters shall only refer to private matters and no reference shall be made to jail administration, or discipline, to other prisoners or to politics" in support of his charge.
A handwritten letter of Prasad making an emotional appeal to his over three decades old RJD companion Singh was sent by the jail administration to AIIMS Delhi where the former union minister is admitted following post-COVID complications.
Jharkhand Inspector General of Prison Virendra Bhusan told reporters in Ranchi that "the letter sent through jail superintendent had personal contents and it even did not use the word resignation".
He said there were no political references in the letter.
Bhusan said he enquired with the superintendent of Hotwar jail Hamid Ansari about the matter on which he said "Lalu's letter appeared to him personal and that's why he accepted it and on his request sent it to AIIMS through email."
Bhusan further said Prasad is provided facilities entitled to a class one prisoner and no extra amenities have been given to him.