CM promises probe into privileges to Sasi

Bengaluru Prisons official accused of favouring AIADMK leader

A day after Deputy Inspector General of Prisons D. Roopa accused her immediate superior, the Director General of Police and Inspector General of Prisons H.N. Satyanarayan Rao of providing V. Sasikala with a private kitchen and other facilities at the Bengaluru Central Prison at Parapana Agrahara in exchange for a bribe of Rs two crore, Mr Rao hit back.

Scoffing at the fact that the IPS officer of 2000 batch did not have the facts as she had not even visited the women’s wing of the prison when she was there last Monday, he dismissed her report as full of “ill founded and baseless allegations.”

With Chief Minister Siddaramaiah promising a probe into the serious allegations, the AIADMK leader’s lawyer Mr. Ashokan also described the report as “baseless allegations to damage Ms Sasikala’s image.”

D. Roopa, on Wednesday submitted a report to Mr. Rao stating that former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalaitha’s aide

SASIKALA IS lodged at the Parappana Agrahara central jail ever since her conviction in February in a DA case along with her two relatives V.N. Sudhakaran and Elavarasi. Sasikala who is currently lodged in the city jail, has been allegedly provided with a kitchen and other facilities, and that there were “rumours” that Mr. Rao could be one of the beneficiaries. She has claimed that she has proof to back her claim. “I have enclosed some other documents with the letter and they are the proof for the irregularities in the prison,” she said.

The report has also alleged that the multi crore counterfeit stamp paper convict Abdul Kareem Telgi has some undertrial prisoners in attendance, who take care of his personal chores like massage and washing of clothes.