Prison officials catch inmate with phone during surprise inspection

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Mobile phones proceed to ringing unabated contempt precocious information strategy successful the Central situation of Parappana Agarahara Central Prison Complex successful place.

The situation officials caught an inmate with a mobile telephone amidst precocious play during a astonishment inspection carried retired connected September 23.

The inspection squad led by Chief Superintendent K. Suresh and unit went to cheque astatine operation 1 barrack 1 astatine astir 8 p.m., and caught an nether way captive identified arsenic Essoh Germain, behaving suspiciously. The accused did not let the unit to participate the barrack, allegedly manhandled and splashed sambar connected them to forestall them from checking. With large difficulty, the officials managed to frisk him and recovered a mobile telephone with a SIM paper concealed successful his undergarments.

Soon successful his defence, the accused allegedly banged his caput against the partition and was injured. He was rushed to the situation infirmary for attraction portion Superintendent of Prison Imaam Saab Myageri, filed a ailment with the Parappana Agarahara constabulary for further investigations.

Based connected the complaint, the constabulary connected Wednesday registered a FIR against Essoh Germain, charging him nether Karnataka Prison Act, 1963 and besides nether sections 132 (assault oregon transgression unit to deter a nationalist servant from discharging their duty), 352 (intentional insults that are apt to origin a breach of nationalist peace) and 323 (dishonest oregon fraudulent removal oregon concealment of property) of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023.

The constabulary are present verifying the seized telephone to ascertain his activities during the enactment successful the situation and besides probing to place the root of the mobile phone.

Published - September 29, 2025 06:46 p.m. IST

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