The Maharashtra Prisons Department has no reservations about furnishing any information regarding the three-week stay of actor Sanjay Dutt in Yeravada jail in August following his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, a top official said on Tuesday.
PUNE: The Maharashtra Prisons Department has no reservations about furnishing any information regarding the three-week stay of actor Sanjay Dutt in Yeravada jail in August following his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, a top official said on Tuesday.
Reacting to a media report that the department has directed an activist seeking information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act to the jail authorities at Yeravada, Satish Mathur, Inspector-General of Prisons Maharashtra, said here that the prisons department was not supposed to have day-to-day briefing on every inmate lodged in various jails in the state.
"Whatever information is permissible under the RTI Act regarding the stay of inmates can be given to those who seek it. But the applicant should approach the proper authorities," he said, adding "in every case, rules stipulated in the jail manual are followed by the authorities without making any exception for so called high profile convicts."
Yeravada jail Superintendent, Rajendra Dhamne said he had not received any communication under the RTI Act from any quarters, including state Prisons Department, seeking details of Dutt's stay behind bars.
The Bollywood star is currently out on bail.
According to the report, Assistant Public Information Officer, Department of Prisons, had asked the RTI activist Shahid Burney to approach the jail administration to seek information in the matter as he was not in a position to provide such details on inmates.
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