Disciplinary action against constables, jail staff for attempting to see actor Darshan in prison

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Alok Kumar

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Director-General of Prisons and Correctional Services Alok Kumar has ordered disciplinary enactment against situation unit and constabulary constables pursuing an incidental involving an effort to spot movie histrion Darshan wrong the prison.

According to officials, a radical of constables from the Yelahanka constabulary presumption had expressed their privation to conscionable Darshan erstwhile they came to the situation to manus implicit an accused successful different case. One of the constables allegedly requested jailhouse warder Prabhushankar Chauhan to amusement them Darshan connected Saturday.

Taking beardown objection to the incident, which amounts to superior misconduct, Mr. Kumar ordered the transportation of warder Prabhushankar Chauhan to Chamarajanagar territory situation arsenic punishment and issued a complaint memo to a elder caput warder, seeking an mentation for his relation successful the incident.

Mr. Kumar besides directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-East Division) to behaviour an enquiry and initiate due enactment against the constables involved. Though the constables did not straight conscionable Darshan, the probe revealed that they went adjacent his compartment to drawback a glimpse of the actor.

The Director-General visited the situation and conducted a elaborate enquiry into the matter.

In a abstracted incident, different jailhouse unit subordinate was issued a complaint memo for dereliction of work portion checking apparel brought by visitors for inmates. The unit member, identified arsenic Sannakkanavar, was assigned to behaviour the second-round information cheque but was recovered sitting without inspecting the baggage. The lapse was detected by Mr. Kumar done the surveillance monitoring strategy installed astatine the situation headquarters. A complaint memo has been issued seeking an explanation, based connected which further enactment volition beryllium taken.

The officials said the punishment transportation was intended to instil subject among the situation unit and nonstop a beardown connection that misconduct oregon negligence would not beryllium tolerated.

A elder constabulary serviceman noted that astir 66% of the situation unit crossed the State are presently facing departmental inquiries for assorted incidents, adding that suspension unsocial is not a solution arsenic it could further demoralise the workforce.

Published - January 28, 2026 08:42 p.m. IST

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