Tihar prison will move: Tihar Jail, the largest prison complex in South Asia, is to be moved to the edge of the national capital. In her budget speech on March 25, the main Minister Delhi Rekha Gupt announced plans to move Tihar prison to the edge of the city.
The main minister, who is also the Minister of Finance in Delhi, postponed aside £10 Crore in budget 2025-26 for reconnaissance and consulting services related to prison.
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“In order to endure the current prison complex Tihar for the welfare of prisoners, a new scheme was created for the development of the new prison complex by shifting the existing Tihar prison complex to another place,” said Chief Minister Delhi at the presentation of the budget in the Assembly.
Gupta submitted the government of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) £1 lakh crore budget for this financial year. BJP returned to power in Delhi after a gap of 27 years in the elections to the assembly in February.
What is Tihar’s prison history?
Tihar Jail, founded in 1958, was supposed to be a prison, officially known as Tihar Prision, originally was to be a small prison in TiHar near Delhi. The aim was to accommodate convicts from the area of Delhi because the prison infrastructure at that time was insufficient. The prison worked under the administrative control of the Punjab, although it was geographically located in Delhi.
Tihar Jail, founded in 1958, was supposed to be a prison, officially known as Tihar Prision, originally was to be a small prison in TiHar near Delhi.
In 1966, Tihar’s administrative control was transferred from Panjab to Delhi Administration. Over the years, Tihar’s prison has witnessed expansion with increasing prisoners’ population. As the rate of crime increased, Tihar was plagued by overcrowding.
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Today Tihar is one of the largest Indian prison complexes, which consist of nine prisons spread over 400 acres – one prison in Rohini and six Mandoli prisons.
Tihar is located in western Delhi and is near the area of Tilak Nagar and Hari Nagar in the city. Originally designed to accommodate approximately 10,025 prisoners, it currently holds more than 19,000, leading to crowding and security challenges. The Dilli government has started the development of new prison complexes in Narel to alleviate overload.
Who were “infamous” prisoners?
Tihar prison is the most important criminals, political personalities and activists. The head of AAP and former main minister Delhi Arvind Kejriwal and his colleagues, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and Satyendar Jain were imprisoned in Tihar prison in connection with the case of liqueur policy in Delhi.
Gangster Chhota Rajan, once close to Dawood Ibrahim, was also held in Tihar for crimes, including murder. Former Chief Minister Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav performed a 14 -year sentence for feed fraud and the international serial murderer Charles Sobhraj was imprisoned in Tihar before escaping and then arrested again from Goa.
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Former Minister of the Union P Chidambarama, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka DK Shivakumar, Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, Afzal Guru and Kashmirian separatist Maqbool Bhat, both executed in Tihar. Activist against Stepa Anna Hazare, businesswoman Subrata Roy and Olympi wrestler Sushil Kumar belongs to another famous prison prisoner Tihar.
Recently, the Netflix Black series, a criminal dramatic thriller based on the book of the same name, explored the tough reality of Tihar’s prison through the eyes of prison. Zahan Kapoor was portrayed in the Sunil Kumar Gupta series, a starting prison prisoner in Tihar.
Where will TiHar shift be shifted?
“We also asked for a space in Baprola, but we couldn’t get it because of the interference. But we wrote to the government Delhi to provide 100 acres of land somewhere else,” said Tihar’s source.
Prison numbers 1 to 9 are designed to accommodate approximately 5,000 prisoners, but currently adapt to more than 12,000 prisoners, the source said.
“Prison number 10 to 16 is designed to accommodate approximately 3,700 prisoners, but currently holds more than 3,900 prisoners. Prison number 4 in Tihar and 12 in Mandoli prison is known as” Mulaija jail “, which means the first perpetrator. We have a large number of prisoners in these two prisons, ”said the source.
The main minister also announced the creation of a company under the auspices of prison in Delhi in the budget.
In order to find the existing prison complex Tihar for the welfare of prisoners, a new system for the development of the new prison complex was formulated.
The company will focus on the reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners. This is achieved by developing its overall skills through various skills programs. In addition, the company professional functioning of various factories and production units in prison. However, CM Rekha Gupta did not reveal any date of the shift plans.
Government authorities, ministries and departments in Delhi also prefer to buy products produced in prison complexes Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli.
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