The Shiromani Akali Dal on Sunday demanded an immediate dismissal of Punjab Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and a probe by a sitting judge of the High Court into the escape of three prisoners from Amritsar's high-security Central jail.
Former minister and senior SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema said the Amritsar incident had come in the wake of various other incidents taking place in Punjab jails, which have shaken the confidence of people in the government.
He said besides ordering an independent probe into the incident, the government should tell what action it has taken in other cases and why the jail administration has "collapsed. "
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