On seeing wife in visitor's room, Nalapad breaks down

On seeing his wife Samreen Salem in the visitor's room of the Parappana Agrahara central prison on Saturday, Mohammed Nalapad broke down.

The son of MLA N A Haris was involved in a brutal attack of a man, Vidwath, at a pub on February 17, and is in judicial custody after he surrendered to the Cubbon Park police.

Parappana Agrahara jail superintendent Somashekhar told DH that the prison manual allows family members to meet the undertrials, though friends and others will have to wait for a week to meet them.

While Nalapad's wife visited him on Saturday, no one else turned up to meet him or his associates. Samreen married Nalapad at a grand wedding in the Bengaluru Palace in 2015.

Prison sources said Samreen met Nalapad at 11.30 am and had brought his favourite biryani. An emotional Nalapad broke down seeing his wife at the visitors' gallery and apologised to her for the situation.

He then had a private chat with her for nearly half an hour, after which Samreen left the prison around 12.10 pm. Nalapad shared the biryani with his associate Arun Babu inside the prison cell.

Nalapad has been lodged at the VIP barracks in the maximum security zone, while others were put in separate cells in the 'B' block. He is allowed to take a walk in the small garden in front of his cell any time he wants. Prison sources revealed that he prays every afternoon.

Sources also added that guards have been posted outside Nalapad's cell, and other undertrial prisoners are not allowed close. They cite provisions in the prison manual to allow such facilities to an undertrial.