Punjab suspends 26 jail officers, staffers for dereliction of duty
Punjab jails minister Laljit Singh Bhullar informed that the action had been taken under Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970.
The minister said illegal activities, misbehaviour, indiscipline, absence from duty, and activities like involvement with prisoners would not be tolerated at all.
The minister mentioned that Mansa jail superintendent Iqbal Singh Brar, Ludhiana central jail deputy superintendent Maninder Pal Cheema, Ludhiana-based Borstal jail deputy superintendent Anil Bhandari, Ludhiana central jail deputy superintendent Sandeep Brar, Ferozepur central jail assistant superintendent Yadvinder Singh, and warders Harbhupinder Singh and Sikander Singh Goindwal Sahib, Bikramjit Singh and Vijay Pal Singh Amritsar, Jatinder Singh, Ravi, Deepak Rai, Kiranjit Singh, Prithipal Singh and Satnam Singh Kapurthala, Satnam Singh and Mandeep Singh Hoshiarpur, Maninder Pal Singh Ludhiana, Anu Malik, Randhir Singh, Arvind Dev Singh, Balvir Singh and Sukhpreet Singh Mansa, Satnam Singh Nabha, Gagandeep Singh Bathinda, and Anmol Verma Pathankot, were suspended.
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