145 mobiles seized from Central Jail in two months : The Tribune India

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Ludhiana, June 4
Although the murder conspiracy of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was reportedly hatched by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi from a jail, prisoners across the region however have access to cell telephones owing to some corrupt jail officers or the lackadaisical mind-set of the officers involved.
Situations registered against all over 60 inmates
Above 145 mobiles have been recovered from the Central Jail in the previous two months and the Jail Section got registered cases against close to 60 inmates below the Prisons Act for possessing the mobile phones.
If one goes by FIRs registered by the Ludhiana police in the previous above two months, on an normal day by day about two cellular telephones are remaining recovered from the Central Jail, Ludhiana.
As for each details, over 145 mobiles have been recovered from the Central Jail in the previous two months and the Jail Office acquired registered scenarios in opposition to close to 60 inmates below the Prisons Act for possessing the cell telephones. Of the 145 telephones, about 80 have been observed abandoned on the jail premises which were being possibly abandoned by jail inmates or have been thrown from outside the house by aides of inmates.
2 PESCO staff held with medications
Due to the fact April, the Jail Office has also nabbed two personnel of Punjab Ex-Serviceman Corporation (PESCO) and recovered tobacco, intoxicating tablets and other banned objects from them. PESCO workers are on protection obligation in the jail. About six situations of drug recoveries, which include these two incidents, have been described.
9 cell phones recovered after inmates clash
Jail team recovered 9 cellular telephones from inmates, which include Shubham Arora, who had indulged in clashes in the jail in the past two times. Initially, Shubham was attacked on June 2 and on June 3, his aide attacked the rival team to acquire revenge. A situation has been registered against Shubham Arora, alias Mota, Jagjit Singh, Anu Kumar, Naveen Negi, Akashdeep, Balwinder Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Sukhjit Singh, Goda, Jonty, Rohan, Gurpreet, Gursewak, Sahil Kanda, Sukhdev Singh, Karanvir Walia, Paras and Mohd Nadeem for possessing cell telephones.
Major cop conducts mock drill
After the latest incidents of clash among the jail inmates at the Central Jail, Ludhiana, Commissioner of Law enforcement Kaustubh Sharma, together with the district administration and jail officials, carried out a distinctive mock drill.
Function of the drill was to make certain appropriate coordination among all officers at the time of any clash or urgency in jail. A scene of a clash-like condition was developed inside the jail in which officials tried using to management the condition.
