File FIR against UPRNN for poor construction of jail: Lucknow admn

Administration authorities today directed police to file an FIR against Uttar Pradesh Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (UPRNN) over poor quality construction of the district jail here.

District Judge Anil Kumar Srivastava, District Magistrate Raj Shekar and SSP Rajesh Kumar Pandey surveyed the district jail and ordered to lodge an FIR against UPRNN over its poor construction, a spokesman of the administration said.

The officials said a year’s time was given to the construction agency (UPRNN) to complete its work but it failed to do so as per a technical committee that reviewed the work, he said.

The authorities also directed the jail administration to take measures to ensure that no inmate could escape from the prison.