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After the occurrence of Kannada histrion Darshan allegedly being fixed privileges wrong situation caused embarrassment to the Karnataka police, yet different video has present surfaced.
This time, it shows inmates, including a serial rapist, freely utilizing mobile phones and watching tv wrong their cells successful the cardinal prison.
However, the situation officials are yet to corroborate the videos that went viral connected societal media connected Saturday. The clip of signaling of the video was besides not verified.
Among those seen successful the video is Umesh Reddy, erstwhile known arsenic India’s astir notorious serial rapist, who allegedly has entree to mobile phones and a television.
Reddy, who terrorised women betwixt 1996 and 2002, was accused of rape and execution of respective women and was facing 30-year beingness term. He aboriginal claimed to beryllium mentally unstable successful an effort to flight the gallows. However, a aesculapian introspection conducted astatine the NIMHANS confirmed otherwise.
Following a mercy petition, the Supreme Court successful 2022 commuted his decease condemnation to 30 years of imprisonment without remission. Reddy is present lodged astatine the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison successful Bengaluru and is reportedly nearing the extremity of his jailhouse term.
Despite being kept with different convicts successful the regular compartment block, caller videos showing Reddy utilizing 2 Android smartphones and a keypad telephone wrong the jailhouse person gone viral.
Another video purportedly shows Tarun Raju, an accused successful the golden smuggling case, utilizing a mobile telephone and adjacent cooking nutrient wrong the prison. Another video shows Juhad Hameed Shakeel, a wanted ISIS operative lodged astatine the prison, purportedly enjoying facilities wrong the jailhouse with entree to a smartphone.
The allegations person triggered outrage and raised superior concerns astir lapses wrong the State’s cardinal jailhouse system. The section residents person complained that the beardown web jammers installed astir the situation person disrupted their mobile signal, adjacent arsenic inmates look to usage phones without restriction.
The constabulary officers were not disposable for remark to verify the veracity of the videos.
Chief Minister Siddarmaiah, erstwhile asked astir the videos, said helium was not alert of them and that helium would enquire with the officials.
