By Admin 
Beur (Patna) Jail Superintendent Neeraj Kumar Jha has been suspended with immediate effect on Tuesday (June 23, 2026). In his place, Rajiv Kumar has been given the charge of Superintendent. On Tuesday, a joint raid was conducted by the district administration and the prison inspectorate in Beur jail. During this period, gross irregularities were found.
According to the letter issued by the Home Department (Prison), many serious allegations have been made against jailer Neeraj Kumar Jha. During the raid, it was revealed that mess was being operated illegally in almost all the wards inside the jail. Prisoners were found using heaters to cook their own food.
Not only this, cases of selling goods to the prisoners in the canteen at a rate higher than the MRP, the prison administration purchasing goods from outside and providing them to the prisoners at a higher rate and not providing food to the prisoners as per the prescribed menu also came to light.
Allegations of mental and physical abuse also
Neeraj Kumar Jha has also been accused of mental and physical exploitation of juvenile prisoners by keeping them in the high security cell along with older and notorious prisoners. The investigation team has also found evidence of this. The department has admitted that this is promoting malpractice.
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The Superintendent has also been accused of not maintaining the account books as per the rules, the prison officer not cooperating with the investigation team during the investigation, leaving the investigation team among the prisoners without security at the time of investigation, such allegations have also been leveled against the Superintendent.
In view of these allegations, action has been taken against Jail Superintendent Neeraj Kumar Jha. During suspension, as per rules, living allowance will be given from the attached prison. Under the immediate alternative arrangement in Adarsh Central Jail, Beur, Patna, Rajeev Kumar, who is also Bihar Prison Service, Assistant Jail Inspector General, has been given the additional charge of Beur Jail Superintendent.
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