Bathing showers, Western-style toilets, wash basins and tiled bathrooms. Two special barracks inside Delhi’s Tihar Jail have been upgraded with a slew of facilities to accommodate “around 20” fugitive economic offenders. The upgrade comes after a team from the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) visited Tihar to assess the condition of inmates as well as security within the prison premises in July. The visit came in the backdrop of the Government’s efforts to secure the extradition of fugitive economic offenders such as liquor baron Vijay Mallya, diamond trader Nirav Modi, and UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari. British courts had recently pointed to concerns over the condition of prisons in India while hearing the extradition cases. According to Tihar Jail sources, the two special barracks, each with a capacity to accommodate 10 inmates, are inside Jail No. 7 — a dedicated facility for white-collar criminals. “These barracks are equipped with windows for ventilation and surrounded by greenery. Keeping their security in view, the barracks have been set up separately from the other prisoners in the jail,” …