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It also took a written statement from him.The IG said while 10 jail staffers had been questioned, they were yet to conclude the investigation as others who could provide vital details in the cae were yet to be quizzed. He has since been shifted to the jail training school of the central prison.Terming the allegations of an extortion racket being run by gangsters in connivance with jail staffers from inside the prison as “serious”, OCCU probe team leader inspector general (IG) of police Kunwar Vijay Pratap questioned the jail staff and prisoners here on Friday. The alleged extortion had taken place when Kapoor was heading the prison. The team descended on the jail in afternoon and stayed there till late in the evening.The IG said they were investigating into the claims from all angles. “We had summoned some jail staffers to the Chandigarh headquarters on Thursday, where we also questioned previous jail superintendent Rajan Kapoor and other policemen posted in Patiala prison,” Partap added.The probe team also visited the barracks of gangster Gaurav Sharma, alias Goru Bachcha, where Thakur was allegedly tortured for three days, apart from other parts of the jail..