A woman warden was suspended on Saturday after she was found guilty of allowing a meeting between a gangster and his wife in the restroom of the Bhondsi jail here.
Director General (DG) of Jail K P Singh ordered the suspension of the woman jail warden Suman. gangster Akhilesh Singh and his wife Garima Singh of Jharkhand both of them lodged in jail, were allowed to meet in the restroom by the warden in violation of the established rules, sources said.
Akhilesh is a dreaded criminal and is involved in over 50 cases of murder, attempt to murder, extortion, kidnapping and other serious crimes in Jharkhand. He was arrested by the Gurugram police on October 10 along with his wife Garima. Since then both Akhilesh and his wife Garima are lodged in the Bhondsi Jail. According to the sources, the warden had fixed their meeting on Friday evening around 7 pm in the Jail restroom.
It is however suspected that other jail officials were also involved in allowing the dreaded criminal to meet his wife. Sources said the suspended warden Suman has also made some allegations against some jail officials and said, they ordered her to do so.
An Inspector General (IG) rank officer is conducting an inquiry. Earlier on Saturday, The IG had visited the jail premises to ascertain the facts and it was found to be true. The DG Prisons also summoned the jail authorities on duty and questioned them on the poor security measures that led to meetings of male and female inmates.
According to the jail norms, if the inmates are relatives and lodged in the same jail, they can meet between 9 am to 2 pm. But in this case, the inmates reportedly met in the evening around 7 pm on Friday. Sources said suspended warden said that she will soon meet the DG and raise the issue with him.