Officials at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison on Thursday recovered four mobile phones during surprise inspection of the barracks.

Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar 

While one mobile phone with a SIM card was recovered from a washroom,three more mobile phones were recovered from the barrack number 9.

Based on the complaint by Imamsab Myageri,Assistant Superintendent of Central Prison,the Parappana Agrahara police have registered two separate FIRs charging unknown persons under various sections of Karnataka Prisons Act and also under section 323 (Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property) of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023.

The police have sent the mobile phones for forensic analysis and initiated a probe to ascertain how the mobile phones were smuggled inside the prison.

The recovery of mobile phones has once again highlighted security lapses in the prison.Following an expose of the security lapses inside the prison in the actor Darshan episode in August earlier this year,round the clock CCTV monitoring system inside the prison has been upgraded.

However despite multi-level checks and upgraded jammers installed,the use of mobile phones among the inmates continues unabated which is matter of concern, a senior officer said.