Director General (Prisons) Sanjay Baniwal has announced that the department is installing 1,200 CCTV cameras for heightened security of inmates.
This follows the violence that took place inside the jail a few months ago, where a gangster was allegedly stabbed to death by rival gangsters inside Tihar, and the jail authorities could not stop the violence despite the premises having multiple CCTVs, prison guards and surveillance teams. A distressing CCTV footage showed a person being stabbed over 100 times inside the jail by his attackers.
”The prisons department is also installing additional 1,200 CCTVs for the safety of inmates and the formation of quick response teams (QRTs) has already taken place to prevent untoward incidents,” he said.
