This may send alarm bells ringing. As many as 11 mobile phones, seven SIM cards, three mobile chargers, along with a syringe and silver wrapper and punnies used for consuming heroin were recovered on Sunday from Jalandhar modern jail.
The recovery, made through major search operation at the jail, threw light on the state of affairs inside the Punjab’s jails. The search operation was conducted by the Punjab Police at the Modern Jail, Jalandhar, (at Kapurthala) jointly with the Prison Department early in the morning.
The operation was held under the police authorities’ ongoing drive to ensure that the state jails are free of objectionable or prohibited material including mobiles, drugs.
“The search operation was led personally by Kapurthala senior superintendent of police (SSP) Rajinder Singh and involved over 400 police personnel, including eight gazetted officers (superintendents of police and deputy superintendents of police) besides Station House Officer (SHOs),” said the Jail spokesperson.
The spokesperson revealed that following the recovery, an FIR (first information report) has been registered against two under sections 52-A of the Prison Act, and section 28 of the NDPS Act. The investigations are ongoing, added the spokesperson.