NEW DELHI, March 11 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday admitted that Delhi gang-rape accused Ram Singh`s death under mysterious circumstances inside Tihar jail was a major security lapse.
“I agree with you that it must be major lapse, but an inquiry is being done and after the inquiry everything will be done,” he told media here.
He further said a magisterial inquiry has been ordered and truth will come out in the report.
“I cannot come to the conclusion at this moment whether it is a suicide or not before inquiry reports are out. Everything will depend on enquiry,” Shinde said.
“Let us wait for the report. It is a grave incidence. It is not a small incidence,” he added, when asked whether he would initiate any action against the DG Prisons.
According to reports, Ram Singh, the prime accused in the December 16, 2012, Delhi gang- rape-cum murder case, hung himself using his clothes probably his own shirt. The incident came to fore when the guard spotted him this morning.
Ram Singh`s death has posed serious questions on the security provided to the accused as all of them were under `suicide watch after they had stopped talking and interacting amongst themselves.
The Tihar Central Jail complex has several jails, each identified by a number. While Pawan, 19, and Akshay, 29, are held in Jail No 4, Vinay, 20, and Mukesh, 26, are in Jail No 7.