Two held for sneaking in prohibited items into jail

The police arrested two miscreants, who used to throw mobiles, tobacco products and other prohibited things into the Central Jail premises from outside here on Monday. The accused have been identified as Mohit Singh, alias Mokali, and Nishan Singh Kachu, residents of Fateh Singh Colony, Gate Hakima area, Amritsar.

The police recovered 11 mobile phones , 22 packets of beedis, four packs of cigarettes, two charging cables, 14 changers, two cigarette papers, two packets of chiani khaini, four packets of tobacco, two head phones, one packet of mobile data cables.

Jaspal Singh, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Central), said under the supervision of Sub-Inspector Jasbir Singh, SHO, Islamabad police station, and Rajinder Singh, chowki in-charge, Fatehpur, Amritsar, got a secret tip-off that Mohit Singh, alias Mokali, and Nishan Singh, alias Kachu, used to throw prohibited items into the jail premises. Acting on the information, a team of the Islamabad police station arrested the accused persons.

During interrogation, Mohit and Nishan confessed that they took mobile phones and SIM cards on fake proofs and collected other items from various shops and supplied to detainee Rajbir Singh, alias Karan, a resident of Saheed Udham Singh Nagar, Amritsar, inside the jail.

They used to throw mobile phones, SIMs and tobacco products from outside the jail and later the detainee collected it from inside the jail. The police also recovered 11 old keypad mobile phones from them, which they supposedly supplied inside the jail.

The accused remanded in police custody for two days.