Amid a controversy over alleged use of mobile phone by beedi tycoon Mohammed Nisham, serving term for killing a security guard, a senior prison official on Saturday denied the allegations and said he had not made any mobile calls from jail.
DIG of Prisons (North Zone) Sivadas K Thaiparambil visited Kannur Central Prison, where Nisham is lodged, and said the convict had not made any mobile calls from the jail.
However, on October 20, he was taken to a Bengaluru court in connection with a case and while on transit he had made two calls, the DIG told PTI on Saturday night.
His statement came hours after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan took note of media reports about Nisham allegedly getting various
facilities in the jail and sought immediate action on the matter from the prison authorities.