nThe city police have arrested three men and recovered four mobile phones from their possession which they had tried to throw over the prison walls of the Bhondsi jail in Gurugram on Saturday.
The arrested accused have been identified as Jisvindar alias Khanu of Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh, Sachin of Damdama village in Gurugram and Shahzad of Tauru in Mewat.
According to the police, the culprits were arrested on Saturday near Jail More located on Sohna road after a tip-off was received by the crime branch unit of DLF Phase-4 of the Gurugram police.
Following the information, a team of the crime branch reached the Rithoj village which was located nearby jail premises.
Later the accused came in a white Honda city car and they were arrested by the police team.
The police have recovered four mobile phones wrapped in a piece of cloth and have seized the car which they had used to commit the crime.
“The culprits used to go to Rithoj village from where they used to throw mobile phones over the jail fencing.
As of now the accused had thrown 24 mobile phones into the jail during at least six attempts in lieu of money,” said assistant sub-inspector Sanjay Kumar, who arrested the culprits.
“Jisvindar told the police an accused Dipu of Rewari who was lodged in the jail had called him to supply a phone into the jail. They also had to supply the mobile phone of Shahzad's brother Azad, who was also lodged in the Bhondsi jail,” said an officer on requesting anonymity.
“The accused are in police custody for further questioning. Further probe into the matter is underway” he said.