Panaji: Prison authorities in Goa have started a probe into a series of alleged assaults on undertrials, some of them foreign nationals booked in narcotics possession cases, by jail guards, a top official said today.
Speaking to IANS, Inspector General of Prisons Elvis Gomes said an enquiry had been ordered and a report had been sought from the prison authorities at the newly-commissioned Colvale central jail in north Goa.
"There are allegations that some prisoners were beaten up by guards sometime back. I have asked the jail superintendent at Colvale central jail to send a report," Gomes said.
The allegations surfaced on Monday after a prison inmate, during a court hearing, informed the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances District and Sessions Judge Desmond D'Costa about the assault by jail guards.
Speaking to IANS, Inspector General of Prisons Elvis Gomes said an enquiry had been ordered and a report had been sought from the prison authorities at the newly-commissioned Colvale central jail in north Goa.
"There are allegations that some prisoners were beaten up by guards sometime back. I have asked the jail superintendent at Colvale central jail to send a report," Gomes said.
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