Ajmer Jailer Arrested After Taking Murder Convicts to Clean Her Home

Ajmer made national headlines this week with two stories that put the city's civic institutions and social conditions under sharp scrutiny. In the most serious case, a jailer was arrested for an alleged abuse of custodial authority that had gone unpunished for nearly two months. In a separate development, a viral social media experiment drew widespread attention to women's safety on Ajmer's streets after dark.

Suspended Jailer Nabbed in Kota for Taking Inmates Out to Clean Her Flat

Ajmer Central Jail came under intense scrutiny this week when a previously suspended jailer, Divya Chaudhary, was finally arrested after evading police for close to two months. According to DSP (North) Shivam Joshi, who provided details on the case, Chaudhary allegedly used her position of authority at the jail to take two female prisoners out of the facility on July 12 for the purpose of having them clean her private flat. The two inmates, identified as Kiran and Sana, were at the time serving life sentences for separate murder cases — not minor offenders but individuals convicted of serious crimes who were supposed to remain in secure custody. The transport was conducted in a private vehicle, not an official jail vehicle, and crucially, Chaudhary reportedly made no entry in the official jail records to document the inmates' movement. This meant the prisoners were effectively removed from custody without any trace in the administrative paperwork, bypassing the court-authorized oversight that governs such movements. Chaudhary had already been suspended following the incident coming to light, yet she absconded and remained at large for nearly two months before police located her in the city of Kota. She was arrested on Wednesday and promptly produced before a magistrate, who ordered her remanded to judicial custody. The case highlights serious accountability gaps in the prison administration in Rajasthan and raises uncomfortable questions about how a serving official was able to secretly remove convicted lifers from a high-security facility, use them for domestic labour, and then evade authorities for an extended period after her misconduct was discovered. The PTI report was published October 8, 2026. [1]

🤝 Viral Video Documents Harassment as Creator Walks Ajmer Streets Dressed as Woman

A social media experiment designed to test women's safety on Ajmer's streets at night attracted widespread attention this week when a male content creator chose a provocative documentary method: he dressed as a woman and walked through various locations around the city after dark, filming his experience for Instagram. The resulting video, reported by Asianet Newsable on October 8, 2026, documented a series of deeply uncomfortable encounters. According to the report, the creator experienced men staring at him and following him across multiple locations throughout the city during his nighttime walk. The footage captured these interactions and went viral online, drawing significant public reaction and reigniting debate about the conditions women face when they move through Ajmer's public spaces at night. The report, authored by Gargi Chaudhary, described what the creator encountered as genuinely unsettling — language that reflects how visceral the documented harassment felt, even to someone conducting a deliberate experiment rather than simply going about their daily life. The Ajmer experiment is part of a growing trend in Indian and global social media in which creators use cross-dressing or other methods to personally document the harassment and surveillance that women say they routinely experience in urban public spaces. By filming himself in women's clothing and then sharing the footage, the creator made the invisible visible for a large online audience. The viral spread of the video suggests it resonated broadly with viewers, many of whom recognized in the footage experiences consistent with what women in Ajmer and other Indian cities have long reported. [3]

Sources: [1] Deccan Herald · [3] Asianet Newsable