Mobile phones recovered from six Ludhiana jail inmates

The inmates will be brought in on production warrant and questioned about how they managed to get the devices inside the prison, say police

Police have booked six inmates of the Ludhiana Central Jail after six mobile phones were recovered from them during special checking on Wednesday night.

The phones were recovered during special checking on Wednesday night. (HT File Photo)

Assistant jail superintendent Tarsempal Sharma told the police that mobile phones were recovered from Arjun of Indira Vihar Colony, Baljinder Singh of Amarpuri, Rahul Kumar of Prem Nagar, Gurdeep Singh of Kadiyani Kalan, Sunil Kumar of Ambala Cantt and Parvinder Singh of Basant Nagar, Khanna.

Assistant sub-inspector Karnail Singh, who is investigating the case, said police will bring the accused on production warrant to question how they managed to get the devices inside the prison.

Two separate cases under Section 52-A (1) of the Prisons Act have been registered against the accused at the Division Number 7 police station.