Two more cellphones found in Kalamba jail

KOLHAPUR: Two illegal cellphones, a

SIM card

and chargers were found inside the

Kalamba jail

premises in

Kolhapur

on Wednesday — making it the fourth such incident in just the past two months.

Jail superintendent Chandramani Indurkar told the media that the cellphones, the SIM card and two chargers were found during a search operation.

The jail officials said they noticed the suspicious movements of five jail

inmates

on CCTVs. The

CCTV

footage showed that the five used two separate cellphones and the same SIM card.

Investigation by the jail administration found that the cellphones were kept in a plastic milk bag and the bag was kept in the water tank of the wash room. The cellphones were found after recording the statements of the inmates.

Juna

Rajwada

police station has registered an offence against the five inmates — Vikas Ramawatar Khandelwal, Shukraraj Pandurang Ghatge, Akshay Ashok Giri, Yuwraj Mohanrao Mahadik and Abhiman Vitthal Mane. All five are in the jail and are facing trial in cases registered under the

Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act

.

Earlier, on December 22, 2020, two cellphones, chargers and

marijuana

were found inside the jail.

Three days later, two more cellphones and four batteries were found while a mobile and a charger were found on December 31, 2020.

In November 2020, three parcels were thrown from outside the jail. The parcels contained cricket balls stuffed with marijuana.