Kolkata: The 109-year-old high security Alipore Central Correctional home in the city officially closed down on Wednesday due to security purpose after all its inmates being shifted to other correctional homes. It's an end of an era, as the jail had as its prisoners at various times freedom fighters like Sri Aurobindo, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. PTI
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