Bengaluru: Following allegations of VIP treatment inside jail, Karnataka government on Monday transferred Chief Superintendent of Prisons (Parappana Agrahara) K Suresh.

Home Minister G Parameshwara further announced that for the first time, the Central Jail in Bengaluru will be overseen by an IPS officer.

Speaking to the media following a high-level meeting, he said that two other officials were suspended.

\"The superintendent of prisons Mageri has been suspended immediately along with assistant superintendent Ashok Bhajantri,\" Parameshwara added.

Meanwhile, senior BJP leaders, including Leader of Opposition R Ashoka and BJP State President BY Vijayendra, on Monday were detained by the police after they held a protest against alleged VIP treatment in state prisons.

Police detained th

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