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Zee News exposé: Operation Money
New Delhi, Feb 04: In an exclusive exposé, Zee News has unravelled
the reality of prisons and prisoners in Uttar Pradesh. For the first
time in the Indian television history, Zee News has successfully
captured the unimaginable state of affairs of the U.P jails on the
record.
A prison, as per the dictionary meaning, is a place or condition
of confinement or forceful restrains, but not in the Uttar Pradesh.
Here, if you are a politician lodged in a jail, especially a close
associate of the ruling party, you are not in a forceful imprisonment
but in a fiefdom of your own.
In what seems to be a scene from a Hindi film, U.P.MLA Amarmani
Tripathi, officially lodged in the jail, is running his business
and serving his constituency freely from it.
When Zee News correspondent entered the jail premises, he was aghast
to see the situation there. Amarmani was not confined to a prison
cell along with other fellow prisoners. Instead, the entire barrack,
officially designated to host 24 prisoners, was converted as his
courtroom. In the barrack, Amarmani held his 'darbar' in which all
his supporters came with their list of works and complaints.
When our correspondent sought a favour from Amarmani, he took out
his mobile from his pocket- the access of mobile phone to prisoners
is officially prohibited- and dialled the concerned official immediately
from there in. Not only Amarmani, but also his fellow accomplishes
in 'Madhumita' murder case had access to everything: mobile sets,
liquors and other drugs too. They were also carrying their business
as usual
from there. As a result of Zee News exposé, the Central government
has sought explanation from the U.P government in the matter.
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