Coronavirus impact: Maha Govt granted parole to 11,000 prisoners

The decision was taken by the state government

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Mumbai - On one hand, the world is in turmoil due to Coronavirus infection. But this coronavirus infection has become a path of liberation for the 11,000 prisoners of Maharashtra. The Maharashtra government decided to release 11,000 prisoners in state jails on parole.

At this time, Coronavirus is showing a lot of influence in Maharashtra. The number of people affected by corona in the state has crossed 100. Lockdown has been declared by the government. Also, people have been instructed to stay in homes.

Nearly 11,000 convicts & undertrials who are imprisoned for offences with prescribed punishment up to 7 years or less should be released on emergency parole or furlough to reduce overcrowding in prisons & to contain #COVID19 outbreak: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh pic.twitter.com/TdQRu9OR7P

— ANI (@ANI) March 26, 2020

State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has issued orders in this context. Deshmukh has informed about this decision of the government through a tweet. In the tweet, he has said that 11,000 prisoners, who have sentenced the punishment of seven years or less, will be given parole from the government. This process will be completed by next week.

It is the effort of the government by taking such a decision that the corona infection should not reach the inmates in jail and other people from them. The Coronavirus infection may have become a catastrophe for the world at this time, but has become a cause for liberation for prisoners by few days.