Staff Reporter :
A total of 6500 prisoners out of 8,500 were shifted to the newly constructed Central Jail in Keraniganj from the century-old Dhaka Jail amid tight security on Friday.
The remaining 2000 prisoners will be shifted today (Saturday).
The jail authorities received the prisoners at the gate of new Central Jail in Keraniganj with rose tube.
Earlier, some prisoners including female, teenager, war criminals and dangerous criminals were shifted in other jails of the country to avert any risk.
The shifting process started around 6.00am on Friday and ended before 7pm, an official of the jail authority said.
Earlier in the morning Inspector General (IG) of Prisons Brigadier General Syed
Iftekhar Hossain himself along with other high ups of different law enforcing and intelligence agencies monitored the whole shifting process.
Carrying 37 prisoners each of eight vans ferried them to the new Central Jail amid complete security blanket since 6 am to 6pm. As the vans plied over the Mayor Hanif Flyover to ferry prisoners, the public transports were barred to use it causing traffic congestion in the area.
The eight vans engaged in carrying prisoners ferried around 300 prisons at a time, jail sources said.
Apart from the security forces of Dhaka Central Jail and detectives, 24 platoon of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), police; 2000 from DMP and 600 from Dhaka district and Armed Police Battalion (APBn) were deployed surrounding the jail areas and in different strategic points on roads leading to the new central jail from old one to run shifting process smoothly.
Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Sheikh Maruf Hasan, AIG prison Md Sazzad Hossain, Deputy Jailor Arif Hossain, Senior Jail Super Mohammad Jahangir, DIG Prison AKM Fazlul Karim, Additional Police Super of Dhaka District Golam Azad and other high officials were present while entering the prisoners in the new central jail.
“Based on intelligence report the whole process of shifting prisoners has been held amid tight security measures,” Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Sheikh Maruf Hasan told newsmen about all-out security measures in this connection.
Keraniganj Central Jail has a well-equipped hospital as well as facilities for workshop, laundry and spinning mill. It can hold at least 100 teenage inmates and 30 patients with mental illnesses.
There is a visitor room, separate rooms for jail officials and their families, officers club, staff club, school, mosque and conference room in front of the jail, he added.
The new jail has been built on 194.41 acres of land at a cost of Tk 406 crore at Tegoria at Rajendrapur under South Keraniganj, adjacent to the Dhaka-Mawa Highway. The new jail is about 12 kilometers away from the capital.
In the newly constructed modern jail, 4,000 barracks have been constructed for male prisoners, 100 for male adolescent prisoners, 30 for male mentally challenged prisoners, 200 for woman prisoners, 40 for female adolescent prisoners, 20 for female mentally challenged prisoners, while 60 classified wards and 400 cells have been constructed for dangerous prisoners.
A 20-bed capacity hospital, a modern hospital with 200-bed capacity and a day care centre have also been set up at the new central jail.
Besides, residential buildings and jailors colony have also been constructed in the new modern central jail.
Dhaka Central Jail was the biggest jail in the country, located in the old part of the capital. During the time of the East India Company in 1788, the jail was opened after setting up a criminal ward there. In 1929, jails in Dhaka and Rajshahi were declared as Central Jails.
Earlier on April 10, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the new Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.
A total of 6500 prisoners out of 8,500 were shifted to the newly constructed Central Jail in Keraniganj from the century-old Dhaka Jail amid tight security on Friday.
The remaining 2000 prisoners will be shifted today (Saturday).
The jail authorities received the prisoners at the gate of new Central Jail in Keraniganj with rose tube.
Earlier, some prisoners including female, teenager, war criminals and dangerous criminals were shifted in other jails of the country to avert any risk.
The shifting process started around 6.00am on Friday and ended before 7pm, an official of the jail authority said.
Earlier in the morning Inspector General (IG) of Prisons Brigadier General Syed
Iftekhar Hossain himself along with other high ups of different law enforcing and intelligence agencies monitored the whole shifting process.
Carrying 37 prisoners each of eight vans ferried them to the new Central Jail amid complete security blanket since 6 am to 6pm. As the vans plied over the Mayor Hanif Flyover to ferry prisoners, the public transports were barred to use it causing traffic congestion in the area.
The eight vans engaged in carrying prisoners ferried around 300 prisons at a time, jail sources said.
Apart from the security forces of Dhaka Central Jail and detectives, 24 platoon of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), police; 2000 from DMP and 600 from Dhaka district and Armed Police Battalion (APBn) were deployed surrounding the jail areas and in different strategic points on roads leading to the new central jail from old one to run shifting process smoothly.
Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Sheikh Maruf Hasan, AIG prison Md Sazzad Hossain, Deputy Jailor Arif Hossain, Senior Jail Super Mohammad Jahangir, DIG Prison AKM Fazlul Karim, Additional Police Super of Dhaka District Golam Azad and other high officials were present while entering the prisoners in the new central jail.
“Based on intelligence report the whole process of shifting prisoners has been held amid tight security measures,” Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Sheikh Maruf Hasan told newsmen about all-out security measures in this connection.
Keraniganj Central Jail has a well-equipped hospital as well as facilities for workshop, laundry and spinning mill. It can hold at least 100 teenage inmates and 30 patients with mental illnesses.
There is a visitor room, separate rooms for jail officials and their families, officers club, staff club, school, mosque and conference room in front of the jail, he added.
The new jail has been built on 194.41 acres of land at a cost of Tk 406 crore at Tegoria at Rajendrapur under South Keraniganj, adjacent to the Dhaka-Mawa Highway. The new jail is about 12 kilometers away from the capital.
In the newly constructed modern jail, 4,000 barracks have been constructed for male prisoners, 100 for male adolescent prisoners, 30 for male mentally challenged prisoners, 200 for woman prisoners, 40 for female adolescent prisoners, 20 for female mentally challenged prisoners, while 60 classified wards and 400 cells have been constructed for dangerous prisoners.
A 20-bed capacity hospital, a modern hospital with 200-bed capacity and a day care centre have also been set up at the new central jail.
Besides, residential buildings and jailors colony have also been constructed in the new modern central jail.
Dhaka Central Jail was the biggest jail in the country, located in the old part of the capital. During the time of the East India Company in 1788, the jail was opened after setting up a criminal ward there. In 1929, jails in Dhaka and Rajshahi were declared as Central Jails.
Earlier on April 10, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the new Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.
