No jail norms breached in letting Sasikala meet visitors:DG

April 10, 2017 21:05

The jail authorities have not flouted any rule while letting visitors meet AIADMK leader V K Sasikala, serving sentence at the central prison in a disproportionate assets case, a top jail official said today.

Karnataka Director General (Prisons) Sathyanarayana Rao said today the close relatives, friends and legal advisers of the newly-admitted prisoners, including Sasikala, are to be accommodated "very liberally and reasonably and deciding what is reasonable is the prerogative of the superintendent."

"The jail authorities have not flouted any norm in allowing the stipulated number of visitors to meet Sasikala in the prison," he told reporters.

The top jail official's clarification came following revelations that Sasikala had met visitors 12 times in a month at the Parappana Agrahara central jail in Bengaluru, allegedly in violation of the prison rules.

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