Jail authorities of Rajasthan on Saturday started shifting over two dozen Pakistani prisoners lodged in different jails to two high security jails of Jodhpur and Bikaner. This was done in the wake of killing of Sarabjit Singh in Kot lakhpat jail at lahore and attack on Pakistan prisoner Sanaullah Haq in a Jammu jail on Friday.
According to official sources, the decision to shift Pakistani prisoners in high security jails was taken after a high level meeting of the Home Department following an alert from the Centre.
Sources said, in all 27 Pakistani prisoners are undergoing sentences in Central jails at Ajmer, Jaisalmer, Ganganagar, Bharatpur, Kota and Udaipur. All of them would be shifted to central jails in Jodhpur and Bikaner, which have best security set-up.
There are already a number of Sikh and Muslim terrorists in Jodhpur jail as this is considered as one of the safest jails in the State.
According to Omendra Bhardwaj, Additional Director General (Prison), owing to killing of Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan there were apprehensions that Pakistani prisoners in jails in Rajasthan might be attacked by their Indian fellow prisoners. “On the issue of security and safety of Pakistani prisoners, we do not want to take any chance,” he said.
Sources said that at the same time security in Jodhpur and Bikaner jails have been stepped up.