7 phones, tobacco sachets recovered from Ludhiana jail inmates

Assistant sub-inspector Karnail Singh, who is investigating the case, said a production warrant will be issued to ascertain how they managed to smuggle the contraband into the prison.

Seven mobile phones and six sachets of tobacco were recovered from eight jail inmates during a special checking at the Ludhiana Central Jail on Wednesday.

A case has been registered under sections of The Prisons Act at the Division Number 7 police station (Representative Image/HT File)

Assistant jail superintendent Binny Tak lodged a complaint saying that during a special checking seven mobile phones and six sachets of tobacco were recovered from eight inmates – Amnakha, Munna Paswan, Hashrat Mohammad, Arshad, Haidar Ali, Sukhbir Singh, Ajmal Alam and Mohammad Osama.

Assistant sub-inspector Karnail Singh, who is investigating the case, said a production warrant will be issued to ascertain how they managed to smuggle the contraband into the prison.

A case has been registered under sections of The Prisons Act at the Division Number 7 police station. On August 7, four mobile phones were recovered from four inmates of the Ludhiana Central Jail during a special checking.