What Did Nirav Modi’s Lawyers Say About Arthur Road Jail?
During his extradition trial at the Westminster Magistrate’s Court in UK, Nirav Modi’s lawyers said that the conditions in the jail that has been assigned for him are “inhumane”.
The lawyers further submitted that in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the jail was very overcrowded. According to a report by The Indian Express, the jail, which has a capacity of about 800, houses prisoners to the tune of 3,000 and above at certain times.
A similar plea was also made during the extradition trial of liquor baron Vijay Mallya in 2018. He had complained that the prison had “no natural light” and that it would violate his human rights to keep him there.
In Modi’s case, the Maharashtra prisons department, in 2019, shared with the Centre a status report of the facilities available to lodge Modi.
The state government also submitted a letter of assurance to the Centre about the facilities they can provide inside the prison,…