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Delhi to Transfer High‑Risk Undertrials to Out‑of‑State Jails under Punjab Law
✍️ TOI City
🗓 24 Aug 2026, 08:54 AM
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The Delhi government will relocate undertrial gangsters and other high‑risk inmates to prisons outside the capital, invoking the Transfer of Prisoners (Punjab Amendment) Act, 2025, to curb organised crime.
Delhi’s administration announced a plan to shift undertrial gangsters and other high‑risk prisoners to correctional facilities located outside the National Capital Territory. The move will be executed under the Transfer of Prisoners (Punjab Amendment) Act, 2025, which allows authorities to relocate inmates to other states for security reasons.
Officials say moving these inmates away from Delhi will limit their ability to coordinate criminal networks from within the city’s prisons and will help break ongoing conspiracies. The transfer is expected to strengthen overall law‑and‑order conditions in the capital by reducing the influence of organised crime groups inside the jail system.
The government has not disclosed the exact number of prisoners to be moved, but the policy targets those deemed a threat to prison safety and public security. Arrangements with neighboring states are being finalised to ensure proper accommodation and monitoring of the transferred inmates.
Officials say moving these inmates away from Delhi will limit their ability to coordinate criminal networks from within the city’s prisons and will help break ongoing conspiracies. The transfer is expected to strengthen overall law‑and‑order conditions in the capital by reducing the influence of organised crime groups inside the jail system.
The government has not disclosed the exact number of prisoners to be moved, but the policy targets those deemed a threat to prison safety and public security. Arrangements with neighboring states are being finalised to ensure proper accommodation and monitoring of the transferred inmates.