The video, sources told TOI, shows that barrack number 12 has enough sunlight and a courtyard where Mallya can take a stroll.
The barrack has a washing area, a personal toilet and a television set. Mallya will also be provided with clean mattresses, blankets and pillows there.
The video-documentary also highlights that the barrack has horizontal bars on the window and that it is east-facing which allows natural light and air inside the barrack building through the corridors and from there into the cells.
An official added that apart from these facilities, Mallya will also be given access to a library like other inmates.
It has been informed through video that Barrack number 12 is in a separate compound with capacity of six and no danger of overcrowding.
The UK court had on July 31 asked Indian authorities to send a video of the barrack where India plans to house the 62-year-old former liquor baron.
It is for the first time that the barrack number 12 of Mumbai’s high-security prison has been shot in which officers reportedly explain the details about the facilities provided.
“The UK court has also been given proof of hygiene in the barrack and the medical facilities available in the jail compound,” said an official requesting anonymity.
India has already informed the UK court on previous occasions that the Arthur Jail security matches international standards as all sections are covered through CCTV cameras and there are adequate number of guards inside and outside the barrack to watch over the prisoners.
Mallya’s lawyers had argued in the court last month that India’s assurances aren’t reliable as “it seems unlikely that the building within a building has any access to natural light because the sun does not shine through a prison building into another building.”
The closing arguments in Mallya’s extradition case will take place on September 12.
Indian authorities are positive that they have provided sufficient evidence on Mallya’s guilt and that the court will extradite him.
Mallya has offered to pay the banks but investigating agencies – CBI and ED – say that he will still have to face the criminal proceedings.
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