Amid a massive surge in the coronavirus cases worldwide, the overcrowded jails of Jammu Kashmir are becoming hotpots of COVID-19.
Officials from Central Jail in Srinagar told The Kashmiriyat that 102 inmates have tested positive, which includes six Jail staff and three female inmates.
The COVID positive inmates have been kept in separate cells inside the Jail.
According to the jail officials, as many as 450 samples have been taken for testing out of which 102 including three female inmates tested positive for the novel Coronavirus infection.
The death toll in Jammu Kashmir has reached 561, while as more than 29000 persons have been tested positive for covid 19 so far.
The families of these prisoners have demanded the release of these inmates on humanitarian grounds.
Aasif Sultan, a prominent journalist, who has been lodged there for two years, has tested negative.
Apart from Central Jail Srinagar, 89 people were tested positive for corona virus in Islamabad Jail earlier in July.