Delhi prison officials transfer: In a major reshuffle in the prisons, as many as 80 officers have been transferred. The move comes after the Delhi High Court raised questions on the security arrangements inside the Tihar jail where dreaded gangster Tillu Tajpuria was killed in a knife attack by a rival gang in the presence of security staff and CCTV cameras.
The transferred officials include five deputy superintendents, nine assistant superintendents, eight head wardens and 58 wardens. Some of these officials were sent from Tihar Jail to Mandoli, and vice versa. Including these transfers, a total of 171 officials have been moved.
The transfer order was issued on Thursday following directions of Delhi Prisons Director General Sanjay Beniwal, a senior jail official.
This series of transfers come in the wake of the brutal killing of 33-year-old Tajpuriya by four members of the rival Gogi gang inside the Tihar jail on May 2. The incident was viewed seriously by the authorities which prompted a streamlining of things and also necessitated the need for ground-level changes.
