The DIG (Jail) K. K. Gupta said that they have convinced the jail inmates to call off the hunger strike by promising that the authority will try and fulfill their legitimate demands.
He also said that the 16-point list of demands,which included minimum wages, telephone facility, bank accounts, daily meeting with family and increase in the number of barracks of the inmates, was forwarded to senior officials and they would take the final call on how best to address the issue. “But the Facebook and Twitter page of Jail Satyagrah is a matter of concern and the cyber cell is investigating it,” the DIG added.
The authorities have ordered a probe to figure out how the Facebook page — Chhattissgarh Jail Satyagarh — and Twitter handle –twitter.com/jailsatygarh were posting regular updates about the hunger strike. “It is possible that some outsider was updating the page or some inmates, who go for court appearance outside the jail premises, update the page. I have talked to the DIG Raipur and the matter is now with cyber cell,” said Nayak.
Earlier, DG prisons Giridhari Nayak had said, “Some of their demands are legitimate for which we have taken steps but most of them are illegal and unethical.”
On August 24, the inmates had sent a letter to Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh and warned about the hunger strike on Gandhi’s birthday, October 2, if their demands weren’t met.
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