Tihar security caught a man red-handed while throwing prohibited items inside the jail premises from outside the boundary wall and caught him on the spot and handed him over to police, said the prison officials on Monday.
The incident took place at around 5 am on September 19 when a man who got down from a suspiciously moving car on Vidya Road threw a packet inside jail number 4 from outside the prison boundary wall. The packet contained a mobile phone and two tobacco pouches, said Mukesh Prasad, Additional Director General and PRO of Tihar. The Tamil Nadu Special Police personnel patrolling the area near tower No 10 and 11 noticed a suspicious car with three persons sitting inside in the wee hours.