Ferozepur January 19, 2019: A woman was booked, on the complaint of Asstt. Supdt. Central Jail on the charge of hiding some drugs, in her private parts.
This is not the first time, there had been such instances in the past also and smuggling of drugs inside the jail premises has put a question mark on the security of the jail authorites.
The accused identified as Gurmit Kaur, resident of village Panje Ke Uttar, near Guruharshai, who had come to meet her ‘devar’ – husband’s brother Gurmej Singh, at the Central Jail Ferozepur who is confined to jail under NDPS Act of 2012 of Jalalabad was found hiding 234 habit-forming drugs in black colour polythene in her private parts at the time of checking at the Women Check Post.
Dalip Kumar has been appointed as IO to look into the case after registration of the case under Section 42 of Prisons Act, 1894. He informed that the accused was, however, released on bail.