Muktsar prisoners shake a leg on bhangra beats

Prisoners learn bhangra at the Sub-Jail in Muktsar. Tribune photo

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Muktsar, March 22

The authorities at the sub-jail here have started teaching bhangra to jail inmates. The sub-jail has 130 inmates, including 70 convicts and 60 undertrials.

“Our move to teach Punjabi and English to the inmates has been successful. Now, we have begun teaching them bhangra. It will keep them fit and relieve their stress,” said Kulwant Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Sub-Jail, Muktsar.

He said the prisoners were being taught bhangra daily on jail premises from 3 pm to 4 pm. “The class has got a good response. They readily dance to the tunes of Gurdas Mann,” he said. The prisoners also do farming, cooking and administrative work. In the coming days, the jail authorities are going to introduce volleyball on the premises.

The authorities claimed their motive was to reform the inmates, so they channelise their energy in a positive way once released. Recently, the local magistrates had checked the jail and found the conditions satisfactory.

Courtesy: The Tribune