Prison officials at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison uncovered four mobile phones,two SIM cards,and a memory card during inspections over two days. Findings sparked legal action under Karnataka Prisons (Amendment) Act.
First discovery: night of June 11, 9:15 p.m. to 9:20 p.m. Surveillance near Barrack No. 4,Tower-1 Division caught undertrial prisoner Keshavaraju acting suspiciously. When approached,he tried to flee. Search found a mobile phone,no SIM card, and an 8 GB memory card.
June 12,between 11:30 a.m. and 11:55 a.m.,another operation. Undertrial prisoner Vijaykumar spotted near barracks. Special Inspection Team searched,found two mobile phones hidden in toilet . Later that day, routine patrols in Security Section-2 uncovered another phone abandoned near Room No. 5.
Total: four mobile phones,two SIM cards,one memory card seized. Presence of these devices, banned in prison,raises suspicions . Possible smuggling with outside help?
Prison authorities pushing to register case under Section 42 of Karnataka Prisons (Amendment) Act, 2022,plus other legal provisions. Investigators to probe inmate involvement,external accomplices in smuggling…
