An investigation team has been formed by the Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission to investigate the murder of the Bhopal Central Jail Head Warden Ramashankar Yadav besides investigating the negligence and the carelessness showed by the jail officials.
The investigation team would investigate all the incidents related to the Jail-break. The investigation team comprises Chief Secretary, Additional Director General of Police, Registrar (law) and Deputy Secretary.
The investigation team would submit its report to the commission within a month. The team would investigate the Central Jail, Bhopal as well as the other jails of the state.
Commission has sought report from the Bhopal IG regarding the encounter of the eight SIMI activists. Commission has demanded that Bhopal collector should send the report of the magisterial enquiry, if the magisterial enquiry had been ordered.
Commission has made several recommendations regarding the security of the jails of the state.
Commission recommends that the CCTV cameras of the jails should always be working and the jail officials should watch the CCTV cameras all the time. The officials should inspect all the corners of the jail premises. The vacant posts in the jails should be fulfilled immediately and responsibilities should be determined for the officials. The senior officials of the Jail Headquarters should visit and inspect the jails randomly.
Commission further recommended that the officials should ensure that no object could reach the prisoners. Barracks of the jails should also be inspected and the officials should ensure that the prisoner is having no unauthorized item inside the barracks.
Commission stated through the recommendations that protecting the prisoners is the duty of the state. The state is responsible for the protection and the security of the prisoners.