Mobile seized from jail inmate

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 22

In yet another incident, jail authorities seized a mobile phone from an under trial Sukhjinder Singh alias Billu of Bhatha Nangli in the Rajasansi constituency here today.

The seizure was made during a surprise checking. A case under Sections 420 of the Indian Penal Code and 42 of the Prisoners Act was registered in this regard. Further investigations were under progress to ascertain how he managed to sneak in the mobile in the high security jail. He was hiding the mobile in his under garments.

The jail authorities confiscated three mobile phones with SIM cards, a phone without battery and an outdated handset on May 16. Earlier, jail officials seized a mobile phone from a prisoner identified as Buta Singh.

Since a massive raid by senior police and district administration officials last month, the jail authorities have been conducting surprise checking on a regular basis. During the raid last month, the police had recovered 21 mobile phones from the jail premises, which sent the alarm bells ringing among senior Punjab police and government officials.

The high security Amritsar Central Jail houses notorious drug smugglers and peddlers, gangsters and foreigners, including Pakistani nationals.