No security threat to Taloja jail: Govt to HC

The state government has informed the Bombay high court that there is no security threat to Taloja jail near Alibaug as expressed by an inmate.

Ramesh Upadhyay, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, had written a letter from the jail stating that there is a security threat to the prison and the inmates from the high rises around the jail.

The HC had taken suo moto cognisance of the letter and converted it into a petition asking the government to file its reply.

Additional government pleader Ajey Gadkari informed the court that the threat claim made by Upadhyay was uncalled for. The prison is built by latest hi-tech material and there is proper security inside and around the jail.

The buildings, including the high rises, have come up as per the sanctioned plans by the concerned authorities, added Gadkari.

An affidavit was filed by the home department stating that “outer walls of the jail are constructed using ultra-modern technique wherein the movements and activities of the prisoners cannot be viewed from outside”.