NHRC issues notice to DG (Prisons), Uttar Pradesh on allegations of merciless beating of a prisoner in jail

	NHRC issues notice to DG (Prisons), Uttar Pradesh on allegations of merciless beating of a prisoner in jail New Delhi, August 26th, 2011 The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the Director General (Prisons), Government of Uttar Pradesh calling his report on allegations of merciless beating of a prisoner in a jail in district Bhadoi, Uttar Pradesh. Allegedly, a prisoner who tried to escape from the jail was caught by the jail authorities and hanged upside down by a tree in the premises and then beaten by cane on the 20th August, 2011. The newspapers also carried stories with a photograph in this regard alleging that the concerned jail authorities have been indulging in inhuman treatment of prisoners. The Commission has given four weeks time for response in the matter. *****