Panel for blocking illegal mobile usage in Delhi jails gets LG nod

Delhi Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) VK Saxena has approved the formation of a high-level committee to suggest ways of addressing illegal and unauthorised telephone communication in the national Capital’s prisons.

The 10-member panel, headed by Director General (Prisons) Sanjay Baniwal, has been instructed to submit its recommendations within a month. The other members are experts and scientists from IIT-Madras, IISc-Bangalore, Defence Research and Development Organisation, C-DOT and officers from the Intelligence Bureau and the Special Protection Group.

“The committee will explore suitable jamming solutions emerging in the market (in addition to the existing infrastructure) and their testing in prisons to check their effectiveness in blocking incoming/outgoing calls, SMS and data services on prison premises,” a Raj Niwas official said.