CHENNAI: Prison officials seized a mobile phone from an Iranian inmate at the Central Prison in Puzhal during a surprise raid on Saturday night. The raids were a routine search for possession of mobile phones and ganja by prisoners.
The man found in possession of the phone was Mohammed Jaffer Ali, 36, a native of Iran arrested for smuggling drugs in 2018 and lodged in the prison after he was convicted. Jaffer Ali was caught red-handed speaking on the phone during the raid.
While the cellphone was confiscated, an investigation is on to find out how he got the device. Soon after the seizure, prison authorities carried out a thorough search for more such violations and issued a strict warning to inmates. The Puzhal police have registered a case and are checking the call logs on the phone to trace Jaffer Ali’s accomplices.