4 cell phones found in jail

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, September 9

The Amritsar Central Jail authorities confiscated four mobile phones during checking here on Wednesday. While three mobiles were recovered from three prisoners, a cell phone was found abandoned in the bathroom’s exhaust fan of barrack number 6 of room number 6.

The police have booked three jail inmates including Savan, alias Dhuti; Amritpal Singh, alias Kala, and Tarsem Singh, alias Kairon.

Najjar Singh, Assistant Superintendent, Central Jail, said during checking barrack number 6 of room number 6, the jail staff found two mobile phones from Savan and Tarsem, while a third phone was recovered from the bathroom. Similarly, a search operation was conducted in the isolation cell and a smart phone was recovered from Amritpal Singh, alias Kaka.

The Islamabad police have registered a case under Sections 42 and 52-A of the Prisons Act against them. Further probe is on to ascertain how they managed to sneak in the prohibited material inside the high-security jail.