Hyderabad, June 2 -- Ninety-two life convicts, including 86 men and six women, are set to be released from Cherlapally Central Prison on Tuesday after being granted special remission by the Telangana government under its revised premature release policy. The beneficiaries were found eligible under guidelines framed in compliance with directions issued by the Supreme Court.

The Telangana Prisons Department had identified eligible life convicts as of February 1, and submitted the list to the government for consideration. The proposals were scrutinised at multiple levels, beginning with jail superintendents and later verified by an internal committee of prison officials before being examined by a standing committee comprising senior Home an...