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CM Siddaramaiah promises probe into privileges to Sasikala in prison

Bengaluru: A day after Deputy Inspector General of Prisons D. Roopa, accused her immediate superior, the Director General of Police and Inspector General of Prisons H.N. Sathyanarayan Rao with providing V Sasikala with a private kitchen and other facilities at the Bengaluru Central Prison at Parapana Agrahara in exchange for a bribe of Rs 2 crore, Mr Rao hit back. With Chief Minister Siddaramaiah promising a probe into the serious allegations, the AIADMK leader’s lawyer Ashokan also described the report as "baseless allegations to damage Ms Sasikala's image." D. Roopa, on Wednesday submitted a report to Mr. Rao stating that former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalitha's aide Sasikala who is currently lodged in the city jail, has been allegedly provided with a kitchen and other facilities, and that there were “rumours” that Mr. Rao could be one of the beneficiaries. In Sasi’s ‘kitchen’, top cops cooked Mr. Rao said that the DIG had not even visited the women prisoners’ enclosure in the Bengaluru Central Prison at Parapana Agrahara even once, calling into question her blatantly wild allegations.

Deccan Chronicle

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