IAS officer rescues 6-year-old from Chhattisgarh jail, enrols her in school

A six-year-old girl named Khushi, who spent nearly five years in Bilaspur Central Jail with her father after her mother died of jaundice, has been enrolled in a private school after then-district collector Dr Sanjay Kumar Alang intervened during a jail inspection. Alang asked the child what she wanted, she said she wanted to study in a good school. Jain International School agreed to support her education and accommodation, and a caretaker was arranged.

The Ministry of Home Affairs' Model Prison Manual 2016 states children must not be confined in prisons and should be moved to institutions providing care and education. Alang also began looking into the circumstances of other children living in the same jail, according to The Better India.