Bengaluru Central Prison

Jailed Kannada superstar Darshan's mother, brother, wife and son, who had not visited him till date, met him at the Central Prison of the Parappana Agrahara on the outskirts of Bengaluru city on Monday.

The Karnataka High Court has issued notices to the union and state government over the alleged detention of Sri Lankan citizens in the central prison at Parappana Agrahara here.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials today interrogated former Congress Mayor R Sampath Raj in the central prison in Bengaluru in connection with violence that rocked parts of the city in August.

A city-based businessman, who has defaulted on income tax payments with arrears of Rs 11.94 crore plus interest, was on Tuesday detained to a civil prison at Parappana Agrahara Central Jail for six months for failing to make satisfactory arrangement for payment of arrears, officials said.

Refuting allegations that "special treatment" was accorded to her in the Parappana Agrahara central prison at Bengaluru, an advocate representing ousted AIADMK leader VK Sasikala on Monday said no prison rules were violated.

Income Tax officials on Thursday questioned former AIADMK leader V K Sasikala at Parappana Agrahara Central Jail in Bengaluru, in connection to a disproportionate assets case, prison sources said.

Jailed AIADMK chief VK Sasikala serving a prison term in Bengaluru central jail was given special amenities at the intervention of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the retired top jail official has told an inquiry committee, giving the opposition BJP a fresh handle to attack the chief minister ahead of assembly elections in May.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to two top Karnataka prison officials taking cognisance of a complaint about alleged torture and transfer of 32 convicts serving terms in the Central Prison.

VIP treatment in prison for politician VK Sasikala includes five cells near hers being kept empty to ensure her privacy, a flat-screen television in her cell, and access to unused chambers of jail officials for meetings with visitors, according to sources inside Karnataka's prison system.

Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi today praised the "courage" of a senior Karnataka police who said AIADMK (Amma) chief VK Sasikala was getting preferential treatment in Bengaluru central prison.

A top police officer in Bengaluru today described as "wild and baseless" the allegation that VK Sasikala, the chief of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK, is enjoying VIP facilities in prison including an exclusive kitchen after paying two crores. "No special treatment is being given to Sasikala,"said HN Satyanarayana Rao, the officer in charge of the Beng...

AIADMK chief VK Sasikala has managed to get special treatment at the Bengaluru central prison including an exclusive kitchen for her meals, a report by a senior jail official D Roopa says, pointing accusing fingers at her boss who she said, was aware of violations of the jail rules but had done little.

AIADMK Deputy General Secretary T T V Dinakaran today met his aunt and party chief V K Sasikala at the central prison in Bengaluru, where she is serving her term in the disproportionate assets case. This was his first meeting with Ms Sasikala after her loyalist E K Palaniswami won the vote of confidence in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on February 18.

VK Sasikala, prisoner number 9234 at Bengaluru's Central jail, had a hard time last night, said a leader of her party, the AIADMK. Denied the privilege of home food and other facilities, she had refused dinner on Wednesday night and slept on the floor. She could not sleep and was restless, the leader said. The jail had served her two rotis, one rag...

Jailed Kannada superstar Darshan's mother, brother, wife and son, who had not visited him till date, met him at the Central Prison of the Parappana Agrahara on the outskirts of Bengaluru city on Monday.

The Karnataka High Court has issued notices to the union and state government over the alleged detention of Sri Lankan citizens in the central prison at Parappana Agrahara here.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials today interrogated former Congress Mayor R Sampath Raj in the central prison in Bengaluru in connection with violence that rocked parts of the city in August.

A city-based businessman, who has defaulted on income tax payments with arrears of Rs 11.94 crore plus interest, was on Tuesday detained to a civil prison at Parappana Agrahara Central Jail for six months for failing to make satisfactory arrangement for payment of arrears, officials said.

Refuting allegations that "special treatment" was accorded to her in the Parappana Agrahara central prison at Bengaluru, an advocate representing ousted AIADMK leader VK Sasikala on Monday said no prison rules were violated.

Income Tax officials on Thursday questioned former AIADMK leader V K Sasikala at Parappana Agrahara Central Jail in Bengaluru, in connection to a disproportionate assets case, prison sources said.

Jailed AIADMK chief VK Sasikala serving a prison term in Bengaluru central jail was given special amenities at the intervention of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the retired top jail official has told an inquiry committee, giving the opposition BJP a fresh handle to attack the chief minister ahead of assembly elections in May.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to two top Karnataka prison officials taking cognisance of a complaint about alleged torture and transfer of 32 convicts serving terms in the Central Prison.

VIP treatment in prison for politician VK Sasikala includes five cells near hers being kept empty to ensure her privacy, a flat-screen television in her cell, and access to unused chambers of jail officials for meetings with visitors, according to sources inside Karnataka's prison system.

Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi today praised the "courage" of a senior Karnataka police who said AIADMK (Amma) chief VK Sasikala was getting preferential treatment in Bengaluru central prison.

A top police officer in Bengaluru today described as "wild and baseless" the allegation that VK Sasikala, the chief of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK, is enjoying VIP facilities in prison including an exclusive kitchen after paying two crores. "No special treatment is being given to Sasikala,"said HN Satyanarayana Rao, the officer in charge of the Beng...

AIADMK chief VK Sasikala has managed to get special treatment at the Bengaluru central prison including an exclusive kitchen for her meals, a report by a senior jail official D Roopa says, pointing accusing fingers at her boss who she said, was aware of violations of the jail rules but had done little.

AIADMK Deputy General Secretary T T V Dinakaran today met his aunt and party chief V K Sasikala at the central prison in Bengaluru, where she is serving her term in the disproportionate assets case. This was his first meeting with Ms Sasikala after her loyalist E K Palaniswami won the vote of confidence in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on February 18.

VK Sasikala, prisoner number 9234 at Bengaluru's Central jail, had a hard time last night, said a leader of her party, the AIADMK. Denied the privilege of home food and other facilities, she had refused dinner on Wednesday night and slept on the floor. She could not sleep and was restless, the leader said. The jail had served her two rotis, one rag...