Inquiry initiated after Kejriwal's letter reaches wife 'without Tihar superintendent's consent'

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New Delhi:An inquiry has been initiated and Tihar jail superintendent has been asked to file a report over a letter that was passed from jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to his wife Sunita Kejriwal without due procedure being followed, ThePrint has learnt...

An internal inquiry has been ordered by the authorities and the jail superintendent is directed to submit a report on how the letter went through without protocol (being followed)..

Initial inquiry revealed that the jail superintendent wasnt aware of the letter, a source in Tihar told ThePrint...

As per protocol, letters cannot be passed by inmates to their visitors without the consent of the jail superintendent...

According to the Delhi Prison rules 2018, even though an inmate can write any number of letters at his or her own cost, the letters can only go through the jail superintendent..

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