The Home Minister said that no special facilities were given to Lamichhane. He clarified that although he was kept in a separate room, he was not deprived of facilities.
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Home Minister Ramesh Akhtar has said that the issue of transferring the former Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Ravi Lamichhane to prison has progressed.
At the meeting of the Law, Justice and Human Rights Commission under the House of Representatives, the Home Minister said that the government will transfer the prison and emphasized that the decision should be made after ensuring all matters including security.
'Adasaar is not an order from the court, but consent/permission is required. If the court in which the case is pending, the court gives the permission, the permission of the court is obtained. He also has a request,' he said, 'the government should take a decision on which prison to move to after looking at all the security issues. I have taken it seriously. I am positive.'
The Home Minister said that Lamichhane was not deprived of any facilities that should be available in the prison. 'The prisons are small, even though he is young, he is kept in a separate room. I have received information that the prison administration has been asking about the problem from time to time', the Home Minister said, 'They have not been deprived of the facilities available in the prison. It is not that he has been given special facilities.' He informed that Lamichhane was kept isolated in a small room.
'He is sitting alone in a room', the writer said, 'due to the lack of physical infrastructure and limited budget, we are not able to do as much improvement work as we want.' He said that the construction and improvement of the physical infrastructure of the prison, the problems of the prisoners, and the service facilities have been taken into consideration.
'Seven thousand prisoners are connected to the production sector. The government is taking initiatives in matters such as making health services more effective and quality in prisons, providing psychological counseling to prisoners and going to the concept of open prisons,' he said.
Similarly, Kailali Jail Investigation Committee said that after the publication of the report, action will be taken against the culprits as per the law and clarified that the issue of weapons entering the jail is wrong.
