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Bengaluru
The Parappana Agrahara constabulary person registered a lawsuit against 2 convicts for allegedly assaulting an adjunct jailer during a regular inspection astatine the cardinal situation pursuing a trivial statement connected January 7, 2026.
The accused convicts person been identified arsenic Ananda and Abdul Ghani. Police registered an FIR aft the Prison Department conducted an interior enquiry and subsequently lodged a ceremonial complaint. The 2 person been booked nether applicable sections for assaulting a authorities servant portion discharging authoritative duties, and further probe is underway.
According to the complaint, S. Murthy, Assistant Jailer, was connected work erstwhile a radical of inmates demanded support to conscionable the Superintendent of Prison. When the petition was denied, a heated statement broke out, which allegedly escalated into a carnal assault. Investigators said Ananda and Abdul Ghani attacked the adjunct jailer, prompting different situation unit to intervene and bring the concern nether control.
In his study to elder authorities, Mr. Murthy flagged superior concerns implicit the deficiency of capable information for situation staff, stating that officials were susceptible to attacks by inmates during regular duties. He urged the authorities to instrumentality contiguous information measures to forestall akin incidents from spiralling retired of control.
The incidental has erstwhile again brought into absorption the irregularities wrong the situation strategy and the unit faced by situation staff. Notably, a high-level committee connected situation reforms, which precocious submitted its study to the Home Minister, had besides highlighted the urgent request to fortify information for situation personnel.
Meanwhile, situation officials person intensified astonishment inspections wrong the jail. On Thursday (January 15, 2026), unit recovered 3 mobile phones from a dustbin adjacent the washroom of Room No. 5, Tower 1, Barrack 4. Officials said that since precocious November, authorities person seized implicit 135 mobile phones, much than 100 SIM cards, and different prohibited items from wrong the situation premises.
