300 prisoners on hunger strike at Jessore Central Jail
Staff Correspondent, Khulna
About 300 inmates at the Jessore Central Jail began hunger strike on Monday to press home their four-point demand.The demands include permission for smoking, supply of improved diet and removal of the jailer Zahiruddin Babar. The authorities have beefed up security in and outside the jail by deploying additional forces. The jail authorities yesterday held a meeting with the deputy commissioner to discuss the problem arising out of the strike instigated allegedly by a group of outlaws now in the jail. When contacted, the DC said that it was not possible to allow smoking inside the jail.
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