Mobile phone racket in prison: 2 jail assistants held

Two jail assistants of Amreli District Jail were among six persons arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged racket facilitating phone calls from inside the jail for a fee. With this, the number of arrests in the case have gone up to 12. The SIT headed by RK Karamta, incharge inspector of the Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Amreli district police, arrested jail assistants Jayraj Manjariya (30) and Surendra Varu (30) on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the crime.

“During investigation, it came to light that employees of Amreli District Jail were supplying mobile phones and SIM cards to prisoners,” a release from Amreli police said.