Bengaluru: Cop held for trying to help terror operative in jail
In the warrant cover, he got two Samsung J2 smart phones. He told the jail staff that he had come to serve the summons to Nasir.
A
constable
from
Bengaluru
was
held
for
allegedly
trying
to
help
a
terror
operative.
The
constable
Dinesh
was
smuggling
in
two
smart
phones
when
he
was
caught
red
handed.
He
was
smuggling
in
the
cell
phones
for
T
Nasir,
the
prime
accused
in
the
Bengaluru
serial
blasts
case.
The
incident
took
place
at
the
Central
Jail
at
Parapana
Agrahara
in
Bengaluru.
The constable, Dinesh was part of the city's armed reserve force. The jail authorities have registered a case against him under Section 424 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 42 of the Prisons Act.
T Nasir, an accused in the 2008 serial bomb blasts case in the city, has been lodged in jail for several years now. Hearing in the case is in progress in a court, and a warrant relating to the case was to be delivered to Nasir on Thursday. It is alleged that Dinesh had gone to the jail to serve the warrant, but tried smuggling in the cell phone instead.
In the warrant cover, he got two Samsung J2 smart phones. He told the jail staff that he had come to serve the summons to Nasir.
The staff grew suspicious by the nervousness displayed by Dinesh. They then checked the warrant cover and found two phones concealed in there. The chief jail superintendent was told about the incident. The constable was taken into custody and two cellphones were seized. The arrested man was handed over to Parappana Agrahara police station staff.
Dinesh reportedly told the prison authorities and investigating officials that he was told to hand over the mobile phones to Nasir by someone, and Rs 5,000 was offered to him as reward for this work. He says he does not know the persons who entrusted him this task. A police officer said that the cellphones did not have SIM cards inside them.
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