Rajona controversy ?Patiala central jail superintendent transferred to Chandigarh
KI Singh/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh
Punjab jails department has transferred Patiala central jail superintendent Bhupinderjit singh Virk and posted SP Khanna as new Patiala central jail superintendent.
As per the orders Patiala central jail superintendent., Bhupinderjit Singh virk has been transferred to Chandigarh and attached to jails department head office at Chandigarh.
SP Khanna, who is appointed as new Patiala central jail superintendent, comes from Kapurthala, where he was posted as central jail superintendent.
Similarly Baljit Singh Ghuman deputy superintendent grade -1 replaces SP khanna as new Kapurthala central jail superintendent (OPS). Narpinder Singh deputy superintendent grade -2 has been posted as deputy superintendent (maintenance) central jail Kapurthala (OPS).
As per the orders by Principal Secretary jails department, Punjab government, theses three transfers along with the transfer of SP Khanna as Patiala central jail superintendent has already been issued on December, 23, 2019. But Bhupinderjit Singh Virk transfer orders were added on those orders on January,7, 2020 ,vide establishment order numbers 148-154 after the controversy was erupted on the meeting of Gobind Singh Longowal led SGPC delegation with Balwant Singh Rajoana in Patiala Central jail superintendent office, with their cellphones.
Longowal met Rajoana to persuade him to defer his planned hunger strike from January 11, after the SGPC president assured him of all help in pursuing his appeal for commuting his death sentence.
Later Ludhiana member parliament and grandson of former chief minister Beant Singh; Ravneet Singh Bittu raised the objection and talked to the jails minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa. Bittu said ” it is more disturbing that photos of meetingwere circulated by SGPC. Randhawa also said that the incident is a serious in nature as no visitor is allowed to carry his phone inside jail.”
While talking on “Rajona controversy ?Patiala central jail superintendent transferred to Chandigarh”.This controversy has nothing to do with the transfer of Patiala Central jail superintendent Bhupinderjit Singh Virk to Chandigarh, as he has already been transferred on December, 23, 2019“ said a jail official on the condition of anonymity.
