5 mobiles seized from Amritsar Central Jail

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 28

In yet another seizure, the Amritsar Central jail authorities have confiscated five cell phones from the high security jail complex during a search operation yesterday. Four of them were seized from as many prisoners while one was found abandoned.

Following a complaint by Ajmer Singh, assistant superintendent jail, the Islamabad police have booked four prisoners. They were identified as Rakesh Kumar aka Aarya, Davinder Singh alias Laadu of Butari village, Jatinder Singh alias Tindu of Lohgarh village and Jagjit Singh of Sultanwind Road here.

Ajmer stated to police that during the checking of the room number of five of isolation wards, the jail staff seized four keypad phones from the four jail inmates while one was found hidden the bathroom area. A case has been registered against them under the Prisons Act.

1 held with 5 cellphones

The city police have arrested Jagjit Singh of Vallah village and seized five mobile phones of different brands from his possession. According to police, he was habitual of stealing mobile phones of the truck drivers who came to Vallah vegetable market for selling their produce. He used to sell the same to others on lesser price. The police have registered a case under section 379, 411 IPC at Maqboolpura police station.