Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided not to further extend the parole of convicted prisoners.
An order has been issued to the prison department to ensure that all convicts return to jail.
It may be recalled that in May this year, the state government had released 2,256 convicts on the directives of the Supreme Court.
The move was made to decongest jails in view of Covid-19 pandemic. These convicts were serving sentences of less than seven years.
The state Prisons department has said out of the 2,256 inmates, four have died, 136 were released as their jail term had completed and 56 others were jailed in other cases, leaving 2,063 convicts only.
Director-General, Prisons, Anand Kumar said, "We got 693 convicts back in jails while others are still to return. A notification for them has been sent to the respective district jails and SPs."