TIWN

AGARTALA, Dec 18 (TIWN): Keeping the officials in slumber, few of the smugglers in collaboration with the jail staffs allegedly made the Bishalghar Central Jail into a safe heaven for consuming alcohol and ganja for last few months. A section of correctional home staffs are freely supplying huge quantity of foreign and country made liquors and cannabis. According to a local source, a section of jail staffs and prisoners consume foreign liquor and cannabis in the morning and evening without restraint. If anyone tries to protest it then he or she gets punishment, said source.According to the sources,local shops at Bishalghar market have been selling contraband items including cannabis and illicit syrups openly. But the police are not taking any remarkable steps to curb this illegal business due to close connection between police and the smugglers.The locals also alleged that, a few of the smugglers in collaboration with jail stuffs are free supplying narcotic items in the correctional home showing thumb to the prison officials. As a result, many of the convicted persons are being addicted instead of rectifying themselves.
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