Bhopal, July 20 (Inditop.com) As many as 83 prisoners in various jails of Madhya Pradesh are AIDS affected with Bhopal central jail topping the list with 61 such patients, state Jail Minister Jagdish Devda Monday.
Replying to a question by Narayan Prajapati (Congress), Devda told the state assembly that 998 prisoners lodged in 24 different jails in Madhya Pradesh were tested for AIDS in the current year, out of which 83 were found to be suffering from the disease.
“Of these, 61 were found to be AIDS affected in Bhopal central jail, seven in Indore, two in Ujjain, one each in Jabalpur, Rewa, Sagar, Gwalior and Chhindwara and the remaining in sub-jails,” he said.
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