A video clip, purportedly shot at the district jail in Hassan, has gone viral on social media platforms, raising doubts over the officers’ involvement in supplying banned goods to the prison inmates.
In the video clip, a person is seen narrating how he got ganja and other banned items, inside the jail. He introduces himself as Salim Pasha, an inmate for over nine years. Like him, the inmates could procure the banned items at exorbitant rates with the help of officers. He also names a couple of officials in the video. It is said that an inmate recorded the video and shared it with a family member, and later it went viral.
A team of police officers led by Additional SP K.S. Thammaiah conducted a raid on August 18 and seized 18 mobile phones and 20 grams of ganja from the inmates. Based on the materials seized, the police registered five FIRs against 18 people.
