Negligence of Muzaffarpur jail officials, released another prisoner

Patna (IANS) | In a bizarre case of negligence at the Shaheed Khudiram Bose Jail in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, the jail authorities in November last year released another man of the same name, whose release was ordered by the court. While the police managed to nab the wrongfully released man and sent him back to jail on Sunday, the prison cell of the state police suspended an assistant jail superintendent for negligence.

The police said that the entire incident took place due to the similarity of the names of the two prisoners. The incident is of 20 November 2022, when a court in Muzaffarpur ordered the release of Guddu Kumar, son of Ramdev Sahani of Shankar Patti village of Minapur police station area, but the jail authorities released Guddu Kumar, son of Dhaneshwar Rai. Both were residents of the same village.

When the parents of Guddu Kumar, who was released, came to know about the development, they contacted the jail authorities but to no avail and then wrote letters to the higher authorities. When the matter came to the notice of senior officials, they sought an explanation from Jail Superintendent Brajesh Kumar, who initiated an inquiry into the matter and found negligence on the part of Assistant Superintendent-cum-admission in-charge Priyanka.

In his report, he has mentioned that Priyanka released another Guddu Kumar without matching his name and address. Based on the report of the jail superintendent, the jail cell suspended Priyanka.

–IANS