Dreaded gangster of Wasseypur, Fahim Khan, has been shifted to Ghaghidih Central Jail from Hotwar Central Jail in Ranchi on Monday late evening. Sixty-two-year-old Khan has been put in a cell at the Ghaghidih Central Jail. Meanwhile sources informed that the jail authority have tightened security in view of other high profile criminals already lodged in the jail. Several Maoists are also behind the bars of the jail.
The Ghaghidih Central Jail’s jailer Satyendra Chowdhury said that Khan was originally lodged in Dhanbad Central Jail in May 2011 and had been shifted to Hazaribag Central Jail, Dumka Central Jail and to Hotwar Central jail in Ranchi in February 2014. Chowdhury said Fahim who is facing trial in as many as 27 grievous criminal cases, including murder and extortion has been put in one of the 22 cells at the Ghaghidih Central Jail. He said Fahim is already convicted in Mohammed Sagir murder case in Dhanbad.
“We have deputed the jail guards and other security officials have been put on alert soon after Khan was brought here. We have already one high-profile criminal, Akhilesh Singh at Ghaghidih, aAfter the shifting of Khan here, the vulnerability of the central jail has gone up considerably,” said the jailer. A total of 1,420 inmates are currently lodged inside the jail, which has a capacity to accommodate 1,447. Notably, the Ghaghidih Central Jail is spread over an area of 20 acres -- set up on as large an area as Birsa Munda Central Jail in Hotwar, Ranchi.
The Ghaghidih Central Jail also lacks adequate security. Jail sources revealed that against a sanctioned strength of 192, the jail has on 71 security personnel. There are no security personnel to man the six watch towers. Moreover, the jammers that have been installed on the jail premises are meant for stopping signals of 2-G telecom service only.