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Bengaluru:
Bengaluru Shortly, aft caller raids astatine Parappana Agrahara Central Prison Complex that led to the seizure of astir 20 mobile phones past week, caller astonishment inspections connected Wednesday and Thursday, led to the seizure of different 52 mobile phones, 38 SIM cards and respective different banned items, including cash, from assorted barracks.
This comes adjacent connected the heels of irregularities wrong the situation analyzable going viral, forcing Home Minister to signifier a high-powered committee to reappraisal the functioning, administration, and information of prisons crossed Karnataka led by Additional Director-General of Police (Law and Order) R. Hitendra connected November 11. The committee has begun it's probe.
Multiple situation officials were besides suspended implicit the alleged irregularities wrong the situation and caller enactment has taken charge. Ever since then, determination person been aggregate raids wrong the situation by the Department of Prisons and Correctional Services. Most of the earlier raids successful the situation that led to seizure of banned items were carried retired by the metropolis police.
Prison Superintendent Parameshwar H.S. lodged a ailment with the jurisdictional Parappana Agrahara Police seeking a probe into the root of banned items seized this week.
According to the complaint, a astonishment inspection conducted since Wednesday astatine antithetic barracks recovered a full of 52 mobile phones, 38 SIM cards, chargers, receptor phones and different banned items, including crisp knife-like objects and cash.
This is his 3rd complaint. Earlier the situation officials filed 2 FIRs backmost to backmost with the aforesaid constabulary aft recovering 4 mobile phones and 15 mobile phones successful 2 antithetic raids, past week.
This betterment not lone reveals the deficiency of information checks but besides makes a mockery of the high-end jammers installed successful the situation to incorporate the mobile menace wrong the prison, which is having an adverse impact connected the residents staying astir the cardinal prison.
The mobile phones bespeak lapses successful the multi-layered information screen and posing challenges to the instrumentality and bid concern successful and astir the city, a elder authoritative said.
