Ferozepur, October 19, 2018: The jail administration claimed to have recovered mobile phone Samsung mark, battery, SIM Airtel and a charger wire, during the search from a prisoner on reporting after parole in ‘deori’.
Added here, few days parole – a temporary release of a prisoner is allowed before the expiry of a sentence, on the promise of good behaviour.
Giving more information, Pritam Lal, Assistant Superintendent Jail said, during the routine checking of prisoners on announcement of a punishment by the court or reporting back after enjoying the parole period was going when a mobile phone Samsung mark, battery, SIM Airtel and a charger wire, were recovered from Malook Singh, who had come to report back after parole.
He said intimation to this effect was given to the local police station and a case under Section 52-A Prisons Act 1894 was registered. The accused prisoner is already in custody of the jail, further investigation has been started, he added.
In the past also there had been a recovery of mobiles, drugs from the prisoners from the barracks during the search operations. The smuggling in of these items along with the other material cannot be ruled out which is perhaps due to the negligence on the part of checking staff at the time of entry in the jail before the main gate.