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On the complaint of smuggling banned items into the Central Prison successful Dharwad, the Dharwad Sub-Urban Police person arrested 2 situation warders and an autorickshaw driver.
Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar told presspersons successful Dharwad connected Friday that Assistant Superintendent of Prison Nirmala had lodged a ailment with the Sub-Urban Police Station connected March 8 astir instances of prohibited items being smuggled into the jail.
After taking up investigation, the constabulary recovered that banned items were being supplied to inmates done the situation canteen and recovered the engagement of the situation staff, helium said.
The arrested men person been identified arsenic warders Altaf Dawalasab Shekasanadi and Raju Basanagouda Solabannavar and autorickshaw operator Munir Betageri.
The Police Commissioner said that banned items worthy ₹75,000, including beedis, cigarettes, gutkha and lighters, on with the autorickshaw, utilized for proscription person been seized. The accused person been remanded successful judicial custody.
The Police Commissioner said that arsenic it is an aged prison, determination is the anticipation of specified items being smuggled by evading surveillance. However, steps volition beryllium taken to summation the frequence of inspection successful the prison. Further probe is connected to find retired the covert way utilized for specified supplies and besides whether they were sold astatine precocious prices wrong the prison.
To a query, the Police Commissioner said that arsenic the IPL play is acceptable to begin, steps are being taken to forestall cricket betting.
