Maha plans to attach electronic chips to legs of convicts

September 17, 2016 21:50

Alarmed over rise in the incidents of the convicts on parole absconding, the Maharashtra government plans to put a band containing electronic chips on the legs of those serving time in the state jails.

This will help prison authorities get timely information on the location of these convicts whether they are in prison or are out on furlough and parole, a senior prison department official said.

Authorities were left red-faced recently when Sajjad Mughal, convicted for the murder of city-based lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha, jumped parole and became untraceable.

Around 29,000 inmates in cases of serious offences are lodged in prisons across the state, including 9,000 convicts. As of now, 600 convicts are on parole or furlough, Additional Director General, Prisons, Bhushankumar Upadhyay said.

The plan is to put an electronic chip in the form of a band on convicts' legs, he said. The band will help trace the convict's location and will alert jail officials if it is removed, he added.

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