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[ad_1] A Maharashtra government-appointed high-power committee has decided to temporarily release around 50 percent of the prisoners to decongest prisons across the state in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, he has not specified any time frame for the prison authorities to release the prisoners. Representative image. AFP The …

[ad_1] A high-powered committee in Maharashtra decided to release 50% of the 35,239 prisoners in jails across the state on temporary bail as part of measures to control the spread of Covid-19. The order, which came a week after 184 prisoners at Arthur Road Central Prison in Mumbai tested positive …