Staff Reporter :
Bangladesh Government have decided to release at least 2,884 prisoners of minor offences to control infection amid the Covid-19 pandemic from separate prisons of the country.
As the part of initiative, on Saturday, prison authorities already released 53 inmates from three separate jails in Rajbari, Gazipur and Bagerhat districts in a bid to curb risk of Covid-19 spread in the prisons.
In Rajbari, at least 33 prisoners were released from jail on Saturday as per the directive of the Home Ministry, said Md Mamunur Rashid, jailer of Rajbari prison.
Among them, 30 were jailed for different terms by mobile courts, the jailer said.
A total 42 were released from the jail as per the directive. So far, 38 people have been released, including the 33, and four others will be released after their fines are paid, Mamunur Rashid added.
In Gazipur, 15 prisoners were released from Kashimpur Central Jail Complex on Saturday as per the decision of the Gazipur Prison Authority.
Among them, 13 were released from Kashimpur Central Jail-2 and two were released from Kashimpur Central Women’s Prison, reports our Gazipur correspondent, said Baharul Alam, jailer of Kashimpur Central Jail-2.
Meanwhile, at least five prisoners were released from the Bagerhat district jail on Saturday as per the government directive.
