Maharashtra Prison Official Transferred Following Allegations of Forced Religious Conversion and Inmate Abuse

Oct 16, 2025 12:45 am CST

Maharashtra prison department has transferred Beed district jail superintendent Petrus Gaikwad to Nagpur Central Jail following serious allegations of forcing inmates to convert religiously and subjecting them to mistreatment. BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar claimed Gaikwad denied prisoners food and water while replacing national icons with Biblical verses. This marks Gaikwad's second major controversy after being previously implicated in a prisoner death case.