'Loo discomfort' for Nalapad,aides in crammed prison cell

Shanthinagar legislator N A Haris's son Mohammed Haris Nalapad is cooling his heels as prisoner number 1756 in the undertrial barrack of the Parappana Agrahara jail. He is not lodged in the high-security block as reported by some sections of the media.

Nalapad and two of the co-suspects, Arun Babu and Abhishek, are lodged in one cell, while four other suspects - Manjunath, Mohammed Apras Ashraf, Balakrishna and Mohammed Nasir alias Naafi - are in two adjacent cells. They were not allowed to mingle with other undertrials.

Each cell is attached with an Indian-style toilet. The suspects experienced some discomfort while attending to nature's call, Somashekhar, the chief superintendent of the prison, told DH.

Some of Nalapad's friends visited the prison on Thursday morning to meet him, but the prison staff disallowed them.

Only family members

For the first week, only family members can meet Nalapad and his associates. But no family member or relative has turned up at the jail. All the suspects remained in their cells all the time, he added.

On the second day of the jail stint, the suspects were served puliyogare (tamarind rice) for breakfast around 7.30 am, but they ate it only around 8.30 am. Around 12.30 am, ragi ball, rice and sambar were served for lunch around 12.30 pm. Dinner came at 5.30 pm and Nalapad asked for ragi ball.