Staffers at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison on Tuesday caught red-handed Nagendra K., a convict, using mobile phone in the kitchen room of tower-2. Nagendra attacked the prison staff and abused them after he was caught operating the phone. The officials handed over the phone to the police seeking detailed investigations.
The incident comes in the backdrop of a recent surprise visit by Home Minister Araga Jnanendra to the prison over unchecked contraband like mobile phones and narcotics. Triggered by the Home Minister’s recent visit and Tuesday morning’s incident, Chief Superintendent of Parappana Agrahara Central Prison P.S. Ramesh launched a two-hour surprise check for contraband at all the barracks on Tuesday night.
Officials recovered 33 mobile phones with several SIM cards found outside the barracks and washrooms. The seized mobile phones have been handed over to the Parappana Agarahara police for a technical analysis to uncover who used it and to make calls to whom. The two-hour search operations conducted by the prison staff not only exposed security lapses at the high-security prison but also led the officials to suspect the involvement of insiders who smuggle phones and drugs inside the prison.
