In what can be called unique and probably a first, thirty inmates played traditional percussion instruments as a band during Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday. The inmates belonged to an open segment of Pune's Yerawada Central Jail.

The inmates first arrived at Guruji Talim Ganesh mandal in Pune. They were trained in playing dhol (drum) and tasha (a type of kettle drum). They went on to proclaim their identity as 'Yerawada Open Jail Dhol Pathak'. Additional Director-General of Police (Prisons) Sunil Ramanand had approached a local troupe 'Nadbrahma' in order to get the inmates trained and also laid the foundation of the novel experiment.