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In implicit 20 days, the Karnataka Prisons and Correctional Services section seized 101 mobile phones successful antithetic prisons crossed the State, according to an authoritative statement.
The officials said that 23 chargers, 84 SIM cards, 16 earphones, ₹64,880 successful cash, and 18 crisp objects were seized.
In a large haul astatine Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, officials seized 30 mobile phones during a late-night cognition connected Thursday, Director General of Police Alok Kumar said.
He praised the squad led by Chief Superintendent of Central Prison Anshu Kumar and Jailer Shivakumar for the cognition and announced a ₹30,000 reward.
In a station connected X, Mr. Kumar said akin seizures were made successful different prisons crossed the State, including Kalaburagi, wherever 10 mobile phones were recovered, Mangaluru (six), Ballari (four), and Shivamogga (three), successful a span of 2 days. The searches led to the betterment of 8 SIM cards, helium mentioned.
The seizures travel Mr. Kumar’s inspection of the Bengaluru Central Prison earlier this week, his archetypal since assuming office. He said helium was committed to addressing long-standing issues astatine the prison.
Mr. Kumar revealed that a 15-day deadline has been fixed to officers to plug gaps successful the system. He warned that stringent enactment would beryllium taken if immoderate violations are detected aft this period. He said that determination was a request to get to the basal of the occupation and recognize the web done which mobile phones are being smuggled into prisons.
