Cigarettes sneaked into Central Jail through kite

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 19

Unidentified persons have used a novel method to sneak prohibited material inside the high-security Amritsar Central Jail with the help of a kite for the second time in the last one month. This time jail authorities confiscated five packets of cigarettes and one packet of tobacco that was fixed with the kite with some adhesive tape on Thursday.

A complaint was lodged with the Islamabad police station in this regard following which an FIR was registered against unknown persons.

Ajmer Singh, Assistant Superintendent, Central Jail, said on Thursday a home guard jawan deputed at tower number 10 informed the jail control room that a kite had fallen near a quarter number 10. During the checking, the kite was found to be taped with a packet containing cigarettes and tobacco.

Earlier, a similar attempt was made on November 21. Jail staff had confiscated around 20 cigarettes and a headphone fixed with the kite with the help of an adhesive tape. The police had registered a case under Sections 42 and 52-A of the Prisons Act against unknown persons at that time.

The jail authorities have already been struggling to curb the rising incidents of sneaking of prohibited materials, including mobile phones, in the high-security jail complex. They have initiated many steps like deploying a company of paramilitary forces to nail the perpetrators. It is located in a densely populated area which is the main reason behind seizures of mobiles from inmates.

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