27 cellphones seized from Amritsar Central Jail
Around 27 mobile phones were seized from inmates of the Amritsar Central Jail during surprise checking in the past two days.
Two separate FIRs have been registered in this connection. While 15 of the mobile phones were found abandoned, 12 were recovered from prisoners. Besides, jail staff also seized 19 SIMs, three chargers, a headphone, a data cable and one adaptor.
Of the seized 27 cellphones, seven were touch phones while 20 were keypad phones. The majority of them were apparently thrown into the jail complex by outsiders.
In view of unabated instances of seizure, senior police officials led by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Vishaljit Singh today met jail officials though they termed it a routine affair.
“It was a routine coordination meeting in which usual matters were discussed,” said Vishaljit Singh.
Meanwhile, the police have booked Sajanpreet Singh, alias Kala of Pakhoke (Tarn Taran), Jagjit Singh of Rangarh village, Sagar Kumar of Qadian (Gurdaspur), Pardeep Singh of Parkash Vihar, Akashdeep Singh of Kaler Mangat village, Gursewak Singh of Naseerpur, Lovejit Singh of Bhagwanpura village (Tarn Taran), Gupreet Singh of Rorawala Kalan, Anokh Singh of Salimpura village in Ludhiana, Shivam Kumar of Adarsh Nagar, Sarabjit Singh of Chuhewal village (Batala) and Sukhjiner Singh of Makhu (Ferozepur). Jail staff confiscated 12 mobile phones from their possession. They were booked under the Prisons Act.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Vishaljit Singh said the seized cellphones would be sent for forensic examination to know the details of the calls made through the phones. He said the accused would be arrested in the case. “We would also ascertain how the mobile phones were sneaked into the jail complex during their interrogation,” he added.
