Munna’s murder: Jailer suspended twice before

  • | Thursday | 12th July, 2018

MEERUT: Uday Pratap Singh, the suspended jailer of Baghpat jail where dreaded don Munna Bajrangi was gunned down by a fellow inmate on Monday, is not new to facing disciplinary action. The visiting ADG (jails) himself admitted to serious lapses in the security that eventually led to Bajrangi’s murder Singh and deputy jailor Aftab Ansari were suspended for “suspected involvement” in the jailbreak. A few months later, Singh was made jailer in Gorakhpur jail but after five months on April 3, 2017, the then additional director-general of jails Gopal Lal Meena had suspended Singh for gross irregularities.In Baghpat jail also things were not too good under him. In 2016, he had faced two suspensions in Orai and Gorakhpur jails.The first incident occurred on January 8, 2016 wherein four prisoners managed to escape from Orai jail in Jalaun district after cutting the iron bars using a sawblade.

MEERUT: Uday Pratap Singh, the suspended jailer of Baghpat jail where dreaded don Munna Bajrangi was gunned down by a fellow inmate on Monday, is not new to facing disciplinary action. In 2016, he had faced two suspensions in Orai and Gorakhpur jails.The first incident occurred on January 8, 2016 wherein four prisoners managed to escape from Orai jail in Jalaun district after cutting the iron bars using a sawblade. Singh and deputy jailor Aftab Ansari were suspended for “suspected involvement” in the jailbreak. A few months later, Singh was made jailer in Gorakhpur jail but after five months on April 3, 2017, the then additional director-general of jails Gopal Lal Meena had suspended Singh for gross irregularities.In Baghpat jail also things were not too good under him. The visiting ADG (jails) himself admitted to serious lapses in the security that eventually led to Bajrangi’s murder

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