Ferozepur, March 18
In a surprise search operation conducted inside the Ferozepur Central Jail complex, the prison staff recovered as many as 11 mobile phones here on Friday.
Giving the details, Gurnam Lal, Superintendent Jail said, on Friday, before lockout, a surprise search of the old barrack number 4 and 11 was conducted under the supervision of Additional Superintendent Harpreet Singh along with the jail guard.
He said, during search of old barrack number 4, three touchscreen mobiles were recovered as unclaimed. Similarly, during search of old barrack 11, three touchscreen mobiles, 3 keypad mobiles were recovered as unclaimed, one keypad mobile phone was recovered from under trial Karan son of Partap and one keypad mobile phone was recovered from under trial Ramesh son of Chhinderpal.
Superintendent Jail said, local SHO City Ferozepur is being informed for necessary legal action and to ascertain as to how the prisoners managed to get the banned material inside the jail.
He further said, the vigil jail staff has thwarted various attempts with recovery of mobiles, in the past also, to avoid its misuse from inside the jail. The security at the entry points is being intensified to stop the smuggling in of mobiles and other items.
