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Smartphone, porn videos found in Prajwal Revanna’s prison cell
A smartphone was seized from former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna’s barrack at Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Central Prison during a Central Crime Branch search, Director General of Police Alok Kumar said. A video…
The Story in Brief
A smartphone was seized from former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna’s barrack at Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Central Prison during a Central Crime Branch search, Director General of Police Alok Kumar said. A video also purportedly shows Revanna in civilian clothes speaking on the phone. The Assistant Superintendent has been suspended, and the prison Superintendent faces a show-cause notice.
India Today reports that investigators found 80 to 90 downloaded pornographic videos and newspaper clippings on the device. Hindustan Times reports that no other contraband was found. A fresh police complaint and inquiry will examine how the phone entered the prison and whether staff helped facilitate it. Officials also cited faulty mobile jammers and repeated phone seizures inside the jail.
The Indian Opinion
Claims that the phone itself proves fresh criminal conduct would go beyond the available facts. The more immediate issue is prison control, especially after officials acknowledged monitoring lapses, faulty jammers and hundreds of phones seized at the facility. Equally, dismissing the incident as a private matter ignores the rules governing inmates and staff accountability. The forensic report and inquiry should establish who supplied the device, when it arrived and whether data links to any pending case.
Sources (2): indiatoday.in, hindustantimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
