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Crime
Delhi Government to Deploy New Law for Interstate Transfer of High‑Risk Prisoners
✍️ Asianet Newsable
🗓 23 Aug 2026, 11:18 PM
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The Delhi administration announced it will invoke a newly enacted law to move high‑risk inmates to other states, aiming to strengthen prison security.
The Delhi government has said it will begin using a recently passed legislation that allows the transfer of prisoners classified as high‑risk to facilities in other states.
The initiative is aimed at mitigating security challenges by relocating inmates who pose a serious threat to public safety or are linked to organized crime, thereby reducing the likelihood of disturbances inside Delhi's jails.
Authorities indicated that the transfers will be coordinated with the receiving state governments and will adhere to the procedural guidelines laid down in the new law, although specific details of individual cases have not been disclosed.
The step forms part of a broader effort by the capital's prison department to modernise correctional management and ensure tighter control over dangerous offenders.
The initiative is aimed at mitigating security challenges by relocating inmates who pose a serious threat to public safety or are linked to organized crime, thereby reducing the likelihood of disturbances inside Delhi's jails.
Authorities indicated that the transfers will be coordinated with the receiving state governments and will adhere to the procedural guidelines laid down in the new law, although specific details of individual cases have not been disclosed.
The step forms part of a broader effort by the capital's prison department to modernise correctional management and ensure tighter control over dangerous offenders.