Times
of India: Gurgaon: Wednesday, 25 March 2015.
A
former state public information officer (SPIO) and superintendent of Bhondsi
Jail has been fined Rs 25,000 for not providing information on an RTI seeking
details of food given to inmates between June 1, 2014, and June 21, 2014.
Harinder
Singh, currently the superintendent of Panipat Jail, has been penalized by an
order of the state information commission (SIC) dated February 19. The fine
will be deducted from his salary in five installments, said SIC registrar
Urvashi Gulati.
The
RTI, filed on June 21, last year had sought copies of the ration provided to
inmates of Bhondsi Jail, complaints received from jail inmates about inferior/short
supply of food items and files related to illness/food poisoning of inmates.
"The superintendent on complaints and illnesses. So, I filed a first
appeal with IG prisons in Haryana, but didn't get any help from there. Then I
filed a second appeal before Haryana state information commission, which issued
a show-cause," said RTI activist Harinder Dhingra on Tuesday.
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