Dharwad, Aug 4: The Dharwad Central Prison, which has hogged limelight for all the wrong reasons, is back in news for allowing gangsters to celebrate their birthday in the jail.
According to sources, a group of gangsters celebrated the birthday of rowdy sheeter Ganesh Jadhav, lodged in the jail for his alleged involvement in a gang war, on Friday. The photographs of the birthday bash have gone viral.
The incident has once again exposed the callousness of jail staff. This time, they not only allowed the prisoners to celebrate the birthday, but also allegedly took part in the celebrations. The jail staff seemed to have arranged cake and other items for the birthday party, said sources.
Interestingly, the undertrials themselves have videographed the birthday celebrations and made it viral on social media.
In the past, raids were a regular feature and the police had found narcotics, weapons, mobile phones and other banned substances in the jail barracks.
Following such incidents, the prisons department had even installed mobile jammers and CCTV cameras in and around the jail premises.
Now, the birthday celebration in the barracks has revealed that the jail authorities care two hoots for rules.
Jail superintendent Anita R said that celebrating birthday by cutting cake is banned in jail premises. However, there is information that an undertrial has celebrated his birthday in the barracks. An inquiry will be conducted to know the truth, she said.
Ganesh Jadhav was allegedly involved in a gang war that took place near the sub-jail in Hubballi.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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Jail authorities are partners of this gansters as they receive hafta. All the jail staff should be suspended to give warning to others.
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