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A 34-year-old situation warder was arrested for smuggling mobile phones and ganja into the Salem Central Prison and was placed nether suspension connected Friday evening (November 28, 2025).
The arrested was identified arsenic Selvarasu, a nonmigratory of Mohanur successful Namakkal district, who was moving astatine Salem Central Prison arsenic a second-grade warder. On Friday, erstwhile helium was exiting the situation station duty, acting connected a tip-off, the situation officials checked Selvarasu’s container and recovered 3 mobile phones, 80 grams of ganja, gutkha, 1 SIM card, and 50 pills.
Inquiries revealed that the warder allegedly tried to proviso the mobile phones and drugs to prisoners. Later, helium was handed implicit to the Hasthampatti police. Following the incident, the warder was placed nether suspension immediately.
