Overview
- The Delhi High Court has mandated the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into allegations of an extortion racket operating in Tihar Jail involving inmates and officials.
- The court also directed the GNCTD’s Home Department to carry out an administrative inquiry to identify officials responsible for supervisory and administrative lapses.
- A sealed report by an inspecting judge, based on inmate interviews and call data analysis, uncovered misuse of prison facilities and collusion in criminal activities.
- The CBI’s inquiry will primarily rely on the judge’s report, with the petitioner and jail authorities allowed to present additional evidence.
- Both the CBI and GNCTD have been instructed to submit their findings by early August, with the next court hearing scheduled for August 11.