Inquiry report into prisoners escape suggests replacing IG, DG Prisons

Inquiry report into prisoners escape suggests replacing IG, DG Prisons: Inspector General (IG)Prisons Nusrat Manghan along with Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Prisons Karachi Region Ashraf Ali Nizmani be replaced with immediate effect, according to the inquiry report into serious security lapses at Karachi Central Jail (KCJ) has proposed.

According to sources, Law enforcement agencies had conducted a raid at the prison last week. They took two terror convicts into custody, the convicts had been recruiting inmates for Daesh.

“The inquiry has found that all layers of security have loopholes, leading to security lapses,” the inquiry officer Additional IG Crime Branch Aftab Pathan observed. “Superintendent Jail, Deputy Superintendent, and assistant superintendent are responsible for these loopholes and lapses.”

According to the inquiry report, Jail officials and IG Prisons are the ones responsible for the repeated security lapses. The report has proposed replacing the entire jail staff at the city’s central jail immediately.

According to the report which had been submitted to the home ministry, has proposed that officers belonging to the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) should be installed as the IG Prisons Sindh, DIG Prisons Sindh and Jail Superintendent of Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur regions.

A report that surfaced in September disclosed that up to 30 prisoners were recruited from inside the jail premises by Daesh.

Of the 30 prisoners recruited into the banned group, 12 have been released on bail and their whereabouts are unknown, sources revealed.

Law enforcement agencies have since then raided the residences of the Daesh recruits released on bail but have not been able to trace the missing individuals.

A Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) report had highlighted an ‘alarming’ security situation at the Karachi Central Jail

Earlier, a report by the Counter-Terrorism Department has revealed that terrorists imprisoned at Central Jail Karachi had access to the prison’s record room and sensitive document.

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