Raid on district jails, incriminating objects seized, 2 suspended

Lucknow, Aug 12 (UNI) Two people, including a deputy jailor, were suspended, following recovery of incriminating objects during raids on 22 district jails on orders of the Mayawati government.

Four outsiders were arrested from Varanasi district jail premises for entering using false names and addresses.

The matter came to light during a raid at the jail by a team led by District Magistrate Veena Kumari Meena and Senior Police Superintendent S B Shirodkar.

''During the verification of those, who had come to meet the the jail inmates, it was found that four persons had entered the jail by stating their wrong names and addresses to the jail authorities,'' Police Superintendent (City) Arun Pandey said.

During the raid, Rs 1500 and Rs 100 in cash were found from two inmates of the jail in violation of jail rules. Besides this, nothing incriminating was found during the entire raid, which continued for three hours, Additional District Magistrate (City) Indra Vikram Singh said.

At Aligarh district jail, a canteen was being operated on a large scale, where food was available on double rate. Tobacco and cigarette packets were recovered from the spot.

Taking note of the situation, deputy jailor A K Mishra was suspended.

Muzaffarnagar district jail prison guard Prabhu Dayal was suspended and deputy jailor Gyan Praksh given adverse entry for providing illegal service to in mates. Sim cards, knifes and a ceiling fan were seized in the raid.

At Jaunpur jail, an illegal canteen being operated illegally was busted.

In Meerut, a CD player, 40 CDs, a cell phone and knifes were recovered from the district prison.

While conducting raid at the Allahabad district jail, the jailed associates of wanted controversial SP MP Atiq Ahmad were found lodged in the same barrack.

Besides, largescale incriminating objects were recovered from Pratapgarh, Sultanpur, Mirzapur, Basti, Bahraich, Deoria, Gonda, Mau, Azamgarh, Ballia, Bhadohi, Ghazipur, Kanpur city, Mainpuri, Aligarh, Fatehpur, Gorakhpur, Mahoba and other district jails.

The incriminating objects comprised, cartridges, drugs, cell phones, CDs, tobacco packets, knifes, scissors and blades.

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