Gangster found in possession of mobile phone in Bathinda jail

Sukhmeet Bhasin
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, November 7

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Officials at the Bathinda Central Jail found a notorious gangster in possession of a mobile photo inside the jail—a development that once again brings to question authorities’ alertness within the jail premises.

 The gangster in question, Harvind Singh, was arrested in December 2017 with two of his associates from Bathinda’s Gulabgarh village.

Jail officials claimed that they found Singh in possession of a Samsung phone within the barracks of the jail.

He has been booked under Jail Manual Act, police officials said.

This is not the first time Harvinder Singh has made headlines from within the jail—last year, he and two other gangsters lodged in the prison had been accused of cutting off security camera feeds within the jail premises.

Saturday’s development is particularly significant given that the prison’s authorities have reported found and confiscated over 100 mobile phones from within the jail premises over the last two years.

A notable instance was last year, when four gangsters had used a mobile phone to make a ransom call a Rajasthan-based businessman from within the jail. On being alerted by the Rajathan Police, a team from Bathinda Police conducted raids and found a phone, battery and a SIM card with the four suspects.

Sources in the jail claim that policemen are aware of the presence of mobile phones inside the jail, and even secretly tap into calls to get “information”. Such spying is now getting harder, sources said, because inmates have begun to use Whatsapp for voice calls.