Kashimpur Jail incident : Jail super, jailer sacked

A senior jail superintendent and a jailer have been sacked from Kashimpur Central Jail-1 for allowing an inmate to spend time with a woman at a prison officer's room.

The sacked officials are superintendent Ratna Roy and jailer Nur Mohammad Mridha, Senior Secretary of Home Ministry's Security Service Division Md Shahiduzzaman told The Daily Star.

The home ministry took the step against the duo after finding proof of their involvement in the incident, he said.

IGP (prisons) has been asked to take steps against other accused if found guilty, Md Shahiduzzaman added.

A letter was sent to jail division from home ministry yesterday in this regard.