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Last updated: June 28, 2023 at 1:45 PM IST
Agartala (including Jogendranagar, India
Earlier, five prisoners, including the dreaded criminal Amit Saha, were given a special remission (file photo / IANS)
Currently, 1,335 convicted persons are held in 14 prisons while the capacity is 2,365.
An official said on Wednesday that the Tripura government will release prisoners who have completed two-thirds of their prison terms under the Azadi ka Amrit Mahutsav scheme to celebrate 75 years of independence.
Earlier, five prisoners, including the dreaded criminal Amit Saha, were granted special remission and released from the Central Jail in West Tripura in two stages.
“We have taken up a special remission process for convicted persons who have completed 66 per cent of their jail term and maintained good behaviour. This is done on the instructions of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),” Apurba Kumar Chakraborty, Director of Prison Affairs Bureau of Prisons Department, told PTI. On the occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”.
However, Chakraborty refused to disclose the number of convicts being held in various prisons in the northeastern state, who have completed two-thirds of their jail terms, and whose names have been taken on a special remission period that is scheduled to be completed by August 15.
“Private forgiveness is a long process and the governor has the final say on the state government’s recommendations,” he said.
Currently, 1,335 convicts are housed in 14 prisons while the capacity is 2,365. “We provide the best possible treatment facilities for the inmates. Special health camps are also sometimes set up in the district prisons.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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