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Photo: ANINew Delhi: Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Director-General Prison of Tihar and Secretary of the Public Works Department to conduct a meeting and finalise the timeline for procuring and installing CCTV cameras in Tihar Jail. Bindi through the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) counsel Harpreet Singh Vohra regarding violence against prisoners in Tihar Jail complex. These directives were issued by the high court while hearing a plea filed by H.S. A bench comprising Justices S.
Muralidhar and Vinod Goel issued directions to the jail authority and concerned departments to frame a timeline for installing 5600 cameras in Tihar and other jails. After the court orders, DSGMC counsel termed it a great success of the committee’s efforts and said that the DSGMC has been filing cases for the welfare of prisoners..