Haridwar, Apr 9 (PTI) Fifteen inmates of the Haridwar district jail have tested HIV positive, prison authorities said.

More than 1,000 inmates are lodged in the prison.

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Senior Jail Superintendent Manoj Kumar Arya said prisoners were examined at a health camp organised inside the jail on World Health Day on April 7 and 15 of them tested HIV positive.

A separate barrack has been created for the treatment of these prisoners, the officer said.

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There are 1,100 prisoners in the Haridwar district jail, he said.

Prisoners have tested HIV positive in the jail in the past as well.

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