Balangir: Police on Friday shifted Punjilal Meher, the prime accused in the much-talked-about parcel bomb blast case, to the district jail in Balangir from the Patnagarh sub-jail amid tight security.
Talking to mediapersons, jailor of Balangir district jail, Sanjay Burma said Punjilal will either be kept in the cell or in a separate ward. Efforts will be made to keep him away from other inmates inside the jail.
“The police have shifted me to the district jail after I had informed the media that the jail staff of Patnagarh sub-jail is torturing the inmates. Let there be a probe. I will appeal to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to conduct a thorough probe into the matter,” Punjilal told the mediapersons while being taken to the district jail.
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The decision to shift Punjilal from Patnagarh sub-jail was taken following the escape bid of six under-trial prisoners on January 24.
Later, acting on a complaint by jail authorities that Punjilal had orchestrated the escape plan, police had registered a case.
Police later appealed to the Additional District Judge (ADJ) court to shift the accused to another jail. The ADJ, Bidhan Chandra Dhal then directed the jailor of Patnagarh sub-jail to shift him to the Balangir district jail.
