West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on Tuesday that her government would release 40 prisoners lodged behind bars for more than 18 years in various correctional homes across the State.
Addressing journalists at the Secretariat, Ms. Banerjee said the prisoners were imprisoned for long and they might not have approached courts for their release because of legal complications. The release would help them to return to the social mainstream and lead a normal and peaceful life, she added.
Details of the prisoners were released at the Secretariat.
On the issue of release of political prisoners as recommended by “Bandi Mukti Committee” formed by the State government, Ms. Banerjee said the committee had recommended release of 52 political prisoners of which 30 prisoners have been released so far.
Keywords: West Bengal, Jails, Mamata Banerjee, Life convicts
Great, Kolkata police is going to have a field day ahead under our new
CM. The crime levels in the city have reached never before heights
with matching incompetence or rather a politically motivated
nonchalant attitude of the Kolkata Police. Brutal murders in broad
daylight, snatchings at gunpoint from crowded city CBD areas, murdered
schoolchildren left to rot in gunny bags at public places, gang rapes
in all parts of west Bengal. The icicing on the cake is that not even
one of the cases solved completely. Add to that our CM sees every
incident as staged, what can be a better tribute to Maa Mati Manush
than release of the life convicts at this juncture. well come to the
party
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