4 mobile phones, 2 chargers seized from Faridkot jail

BATHINDA: Faridkot police seized 4 cellphones and two chargers from various barracks within the district jail there in a large seek that endured till the wee hours of Tuesday. Earlier additionally, cellphones have been seized from Faridkot jail.

The seek led by way of Faridkot SP (headquarters) Deepak Parikh and comprising over 150 policemen of various ranks, was once began after 10 pm on Monday night and endured till 3 am on Tuesday. Sources said that jail inmates had been steadily the use of cell phone with none concern. Despite the jail minister giving strict directions concerning the availability of phones in jails the district jail did not stumble on those for nearly a fortnight and it was once handiest all the way through large seek operations that the cellphones had been seized.


Earlier, at the night of April 6, gangsters lodged in Faridkot jail had uploaded 5 pictures of celebrating birthday of gangster and shooter Bhola on Facebook from within the jail. When the pictures uploaded from within the jail went viral, the police and jail authorities performed searches and seized 4 cellphones, making it clear that gangsters had been still the use of cellphones in jails. A case was once registered in opposition to seven inmates. Before that, gangster-turned Punjabi language activist Lakhbir Singh, alias Lakha Sidhana, had long past online from inside of Faridkot jail in November 2017.


Faridkot jail deputy superintendent Iqbal Singh Brar said, “During the search operation 3 cellphones have been seized from F block and one from J block, which have been saved in urinals. Two chargers had been additionally found.”


Faridkot SSP Nanak Singh said, “A case under the Jail Manual Act has been registered whilst the police is punctiliously investigating the seizure of cellphones from jail. The large seek was once performed on a tip-off.”
4 mobile phones, 2 chargers seized from Faridkot jail 4 mobile phones, 2 chargers seized from Faridkot jail Reviewed by Kailash on May 09, 2018 Rating: 5
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