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Prisoners of Chhattisgarh's Raipur Central Jail observed a hunger strike on Gandhi Jayanti to press their demands including access to private TV channels and non-vegetarian food.
They called off the protest on Monday after the administration assured to meet 'genuine' demands.
Entertainment channels besides the Doordarshan, sports equipment, speedy consideration of parole applications, non-veg food, expansion of barracks were among their demands.
Authorities assured that their genuine demands would be met, Collector O P Choudhary said.
Parole applications will be dealt with on time and a digital set-top box will be installed in the jail premises so that they can watch entertainment and news channels, he added.
Additional District Magistrate and Sub-Divisional Magistrate level officers will hold discussions with prisoners from time-to-time to hear their grievances, he added.
Some other demands like non-veg food were unacceptable, but these demands were made only by a section of inmates, the collector said.
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