OHRC orders probe into jail irregularities

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has ordered a probe into the alleged irregularities in Biju Patnaik Open Air Ashram, an open-air jail at Jamujhari in Khurda district.

The order from the Commission came while it was hearing a petition of Ashram jailer Ashok Kumar Behera against the jail superintendent.

Behera had alleged that irregularities committed by the jail superintendent resulted in injustice to the inmates.