The Commissionerate Police on Wednesday morning conducted a surprise raid at the Jharpada Special Jail and seized a huge amount of contraband items.
Under the supervision of Bhubaneswar DCP Satyabrata Bhoi, an Additional DCP, two ACPs, five Inspectors, 10 Sub-Inspectors along with two platoons of police forces conducted an extensive search operation in the jail between 5 am and 7 am.
During the raid, police recovered 15 packets of Khaini (tobacco), 10 packets of cigarettes, several packets of Bidi and other narcotic substances apparently used by the prisoners.
A senior police official said an investigation would be done to find out how the contrabands were sneaked into the jail. Police would examine the CCTV footage and discuss with the Jailor about the seizure, he added.
laxmisagar police station IIC Rajat Ray said the seizure proved that the prisoners were consuming the narcotic substances. Such surprise raids would continue till Dussehra, he added.
ADG (Prison) Pradeep Kapur said, “One of DIGs is probing into the seizure of narcotic substances in the Jharpada jail. Appropriate action will be taken after getting the report.”
Notably, the Commissionerate Police had raided the Choudwar Circle Jail in Cuttack on September 3 and seized huge amounts of narcotics and other incriminating articles from it.
Meanwhile, the Commissionerate Police have submitted the report to the ADG (Prison) about the seizure of contrabands, lED TV and music system from the Choudwar jail.
In the report, police held the jail authorities responsible for loose security and suggested the ADG (Prison) to take action against the jail authorities.