Chandigarh: Punjab Jails Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Monday said prison officials in the state were committed to transforming jails into real 'sudhar ghars' (correctional facilities) after a gangster raised the matter of harassment of inmates in one of state's prisons.
A Facebook post purportedly in the name of Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar accused a jail official at Bathinda prison of harassing some inmates. The post tagged Bains and Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav and appealed to them to shift a few of his accomplices out of Bathinda Jail.
The post named Bobby Malhotra, Saraj Sandhu, and Jagroshan Hundal to be shifted out and sought an inquiry into the matter. If any harm is done to our brothers, then its responsibility will be of the jail police, the post warned, and went on to say that police should not force them to commit a big crime.