MLA taken to Mysuru Jail amidst tight security to identify his assailant Mysuru: Brutally assaulted in a wedding reception in the month of November last year, Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait, who had gone abroad for treatment, arrived in city this morning to take part in the accused identification parade at Mysuru Central Jail. After the…
Mysuru: The City Police Commissionerate yesterday conducted a surprise raid at Mysuru Central Jail ahead of the forthcoming LS elections. A team of Police Commission-erate conducted the raid from 1 pm to 2.30 pm. Over 175 officers and staff from Police Stations were in the 17 raiding teams formed under the leadership of DCP (L&O)…
Mysuru: A year-long workshop to transform the lives of prisoners through theatre, organised by Sankalpa Mysuru and Karnataka Prisons Department, began at Mysuru Central Jail premises in city yesterday. The organisers arranged the training programme for 20 selected prisoners who are interested in theatre-related activities. They provide training on various forms of theatre such as…
Mysuru: Mysuru Central Jail this morning released 10 inmates (technically 9 as one inmate has completed his jail term) convicted in petty crimes (that attracted simple imprisonment) as part of the amnesty scheme offered by the Centre on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. The 10 inmates were among the 45 inmates who…
Mysuru: Following a State government order, City Central Jail Superintendent Ananda Reddy informed here yesterday (Gandhi Jayanti Day) that 10 prisoners, who were convicted for petty crimes, will be released on Oct.5 from Mysuru Central Jail to mark 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. They are Erappa, resident of Vaddarahalli, Arkalgud taluk of Hassan district,…
By S.T. Ravikumar Residents of Mysuru are getting a taste of culinary skills of jail inmates as bakery products prepared by them are available at the bakery located at the jail premises on Ashoka Road. And for the prison inmates, the bakery kitchen is their training ground and they have now turned into full-fledged bakers…
By S.T. Ravikumar One of the oldest prisons in Karnataka, the Mysuru Central Jail will soon get a security upgrade. Not taking any chance on security, the Jail authorities have decided to construct watch towers for 24/7 and 365-day vigil. These towers will come up within the compound and once set up, there will be…
Mysuru: Alert prison personnel have seized ‘sedative’ tablets from a prisoner lodged in the Central Prison here recently. Keshava 32, an undertrial lodged in the prison for over an year, had allegedly received ‘sedative’ tablets from a visitor who had called on him on Apr. 4. Though the visit in the interview room lasted only…
Nanjangud: Nanjangud Police have busted a racket of a notorious killer, who is serving jail term of dealing in arms from the jail and have seized a pistol with 12 rounds of live bullets besides arresting three persons in this regard. The convict who is serving life imprisonment at Mysuru Central Jail in connection with…
As part of the ongoing International Theatre Olympic, the Mysuru Central Jail inmates will be staging Jayanth Kaikini’s play ‘Jategiruvanu Chandira,’ under the aegis of Sankalpa and Department of Prisons, at Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bengaluru tomorrow (Feb.25). This is the first time that the prison inmates are performing at an International platform. Picture shows a…
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