Delhi L-G approved panel to suggest ways to address unauthorised telephone communication in jails

New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena has approved the formation of a high-level committee to suggest ways of addressing illegal and unauthorised telephone communication in the national capital’s prisons, Raj Niwas officials said on Thursday.

The 10-member panel, headed by Director General (Prisons) Sanjay Baniwal, has been instructed to submit its recommendations within a month.

It also includes experts and scientists from IIT-Madras, IISc-Bangalore, Defence Research and Development Organisation, C-DOT and officers from the Intelligence Bureau and the Special Protection Group, the officials said.