GUJRAT: Police on Friday lodged a case against nine officials of the Gujrat District Jail, including its Superintendent Abdul Ghafoor Anjum and five death row prisoners.

The case has been registered with the Civil Lines Police Station on the report of Deputy Superintendent of Gujrat Jail Attaur Rehman, following the findings of an initial inquiry conducted into Thursday riot by the inspector general of prisons and other senior officers of the prisons department as well as the local administration.

The riot had erupted when some inmates clashed with an assistant superintendent of the jail and other officials over multiple issues being faced by them, including poor quality of meal, ban on coming out of barracks as well as meeting with visitors and demand of bribe.

The prisoners came onto the roof of jail and chanted slogans against the jail administration.

As a result of the clash, five people, including two jail officials and three inmates, were injured. The injured were shifted to Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital and they were discharged from the hospital on Friday.

The case has been registered under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

The initial inquiry report found superintendent Anjum, his deputy Sarmad Hassan, assistant superintendent Muhammad Latif and six warders guilty of corruption, inefficiency, misconduct, negligence, misuse of power, excessive use of force, poor command and control and manhandling of the prisoners.

The inquiry also found some inmates guilty of attacking the jail staff.

UOG: The University of Gujrat (UoG) has announced opening admission to various graduate and undergraduate programmes for the Semester Fall-2020 starting second week of July, according to a press release issued by the varsity here.

The online applications for admission will be received till July 27. A link will be available on UoG website soon for the students to download admission forms and get other details regarding UoG Admission Policy 2020.

Barring a few reserved seats, the admissions will be on an open merit basis. Candidates applying for the reserved regional quota seats must submit the required documents along with their applications to be considered eligible.

Students can log onto UoG websitewww.uog.edu.pkfor further details.

Intermediate students awaiting their second-year results can apply for admission on the basis of their first-year results.

The processing fee for admission application can be deposited through a computerized challan form at either of the bank branches at Hafiz Hayat Campus.

However, those visiting the campus for admission purposes must be in full protective gear, in compliance with the SOPs issued by the authorities to check the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Published in Dawn, July 4th, 2020