Raja doesn't attend R-Day celebration due to security reason

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Former Telecom minister A Raja, arrested in 2G spectrum allocation case and lodged in Tihar jail, did not participate in the Republic Day celebrations held on Thursday in the prison premises due to security reasons.

The 63rd Republic Day was celebrated in all the 10 jails of the Tihar Prisons.

After the national flag was hoisted and the national anthem sung, DG Tihar Prisons Neeraj Kumar also announced the news of Delhi government granting remission of sentences to 2,500 inmates.

Special foos was also served to inmates as part of the celebrations.

Sources said the under-construction jail in Mandavali will be ready by the end of this year. Spread across 68 acres of land, this prison will have six jails and house 3600 inmates.