8 cell phones, 12-gm heroin seized from Amritsar Central Jail

Amritsar, November 12

In yet another seizure, the Amritsar Central Jail authorities confiscated as many as eight cell phones from the jail complex during a search operation here on Thursday. The jail authorities also seized 12-gm heroin indicating that prohibited materials are being sneaked into the high security prison at will.

The police have booked prisoners Randeep Singh, alias Deepu, of Kathunangal; Shamsher Singh Shera of Kohali village and Sukhchain Singh China of Margindpura village in Tarn Taran.

As per the information, during the checking of room number 7 of barrack number 6, the jail staff confiscated 12-gm heroin and three mobile phones from Randeep Singh, two keypad phones from Shamsher Singh and one phone from Sukhchain Singh. Two unclaimed phones were recovered from the garbage bin.

There has been no let-up in the seizure of mobiles phones from the jail even as paramilitary forces are deployed on the jail complex. Nevertheless, a BSF official was also deputed as superintendent of prisons by the Punjab Government recently.

According to sources in the jail, there has been many loopholes in the construction of the jail. The major disadvantage was its presence in the densely populated area. Taking advantage of this, unscrupulous elements throw prohibited material inside the premises. — TNS