Dy jailer’s son says he will blow up Bhondsi jail, charged with sedition

Gurgaon: The son of deputy jailer Dharambir Chautala, who was arrested for allegedly smuggling in drugs and cellphones inside Bhondsi jail, was nabbed on Saturday for threatening to blow up the state’s largest prison and charged with sedition.
In an audio message circulated on social media platforms, Chautala’s son Ravi purportedly says he has links with several gangsters and can take their help to harm police officers who arrested his father and blow up the entire jail. A case was registered against him based on the two-minute long audio recording.
Sanjay Kumar, who has replaced Chautala as the deputy jailer, said he received information about the audio message around 8pm on Friday. The voice in the audio says officers in the jail should take a transfer as soon as possible because he will “teach a lesson” to the jail superintendent and deputy jailer after “my father” (Chautala) is released on bail. The person in the clip claims to know dreaded gangsters in not only Haryana, but Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and UP as well.
“I could identify the voice as Ravi lived here in the officers’ quarters inside the jail compound. He threatened to cause extensive damage to Bhondsi jail and harm the officers posted there,” Kumar said. He added that the case against Ravi was registered under Section 124A (sedition) of the IPC.
During questioning, Ravi told the cops that he had spoken the words in jest a day after his father was arrested and his friends had recorded it for fun. He claimed his friends had shared the audio clip with several others, following which it became viral. “The accused was arrested from his home in Sirsa and remanded in judicial custody,” said ACP (crime) Preet Pal Sangwan.