Dasna jail SP suspended for sending messages to inmate’s wife

The SP was suspended after an inquiry was conducted by the Ghaziabad district magistrate

The state government on Monday ordered the suspension of Dasna jail superintendent, SP Yadav, and ordered for him to be attached to a prison training centre in Lucknow. The superintendent faced allegations of sending unwanted messages from his personal mobile number to the wife of a man lodged in the jail in connection with an alleged bank fraud.

The complaint against the SP was about harassment and sending messages over WhatsApp (AFP/Representative Photo)

The woman had forwarded a complaint to officials and an inquiry was conducted by district magistrate Ministhy S. The inquiry report was later sent to Lucknow on May 24 and Yadav was suspended.

“We have received the order for his suspension. We were supposed to conduct a factual inquiry based on what both parties had to say in their defence. The report was sent in the original form to the state officials and the government took a decision for suspension. We are not in a position to comment on the findings. The complaint was about harassment and sending messages over WhatsApp,” the DM said.

The jail superintendent said while he and the woman did exchange messages, the case made against him was false.

He added that he came to know about his suspension from the state administration.