Op Clean: 7 cell phones seized from Amritsar Central Jail

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 4

Yet another search operation at the Amritsar Central Jail led to seizure of seven mobile phones and two mobile chargers on Saturday.

Prisoners from whose possession the mobile phones were recovered included Manoj Kumar, besides him, cops also booked Harjinder Singh Jinda of Hashampur, Ajnala, Gurbhej Singh of Kot Ise Khan and Gurpreet Singh, alias Gopi. According to the jail authorities, Gurbhej and Harjinder, were murder accused. Three mobile phones were found abandoned in the jail complex.

Sukhdev Singh, Assistant Superintendent, Amritsar Central Jail, said during inspection of room number 7, a cell phone was recovered from Harjinder while a phone and a charger were recovered from the dustbin.

Similarly, on checking room number 2 of barrack number 3, a cell phone was seized from Gurbhej and a phone was located in a bin, informed the Assistant Superintendent.

Likewise, two phones were recovered from gangster Manoj Kumar and prisoner Gurpreet Singh, during checking of room number 6 and room no 2 of isolation barracks, respectively. Another smart phone was found hidden on the backside of a exhaust fan in a bathroom.

Jail authorities said search operation was part of ‘Operation Clean’ launched by the Prison Department.