Hindustan Times reports that the state government has decided to offer legal and financial help to as many as 1,641 prisoners, who, in spite of being granted bail, have been languishing in jail for want of assistance to complete formalities. This step will also be a move towards decongesting the prisons.
It was deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis who made this announcement after chairing a review meeting of home department officials at Mantralaya on September 26. Now that the decision has been taken, it is to be seen how quickly the jail bureaucracy steps in and implements the decision.
Fadnavis, who also heads the home department, also ammounced that Majarashtra’s e cyber security infrastructure will be strengthened while 20,000 police personnel will be recruited in the next two years. “The state recruited 5,297 constables in 2019, and the process to hire another 7,231 personnel is under way. Besides, 10,000 constables will be recruited to replace those who had retired till December 2021. A proposal in this regard will be placed before the cabinet soon.”
The home department has also been asked to complete the second phase of installation of CCTV cameras in Mumbai within one month.