Kalyan: Mobile phone, electric wire recovered from Aadharwadi jail toilet

THANE: During a surprise check at a jail in Kalyan city of Maharashtra's Thane district, police found a mobile phone, an electric wire, steel pins and other items from a toilet inside the prison premises.
The incident happened at Kalyan's Aadharwadi jail on Friday, when the prison staff spotted a pickle jar between two water drums in a toilet in one of the barracks.
On opening the jar, they found in it a mobile phone, an electric wire, 25 to 30 steel pins, an electric circuit board and two packets of a sealant, an official from Khadakpada police station said.
When enquired, the barrack inmates feigned ignorance about the seized items, he said.
The police were trying to find out how these items reached the jail barrack, he said, adding that a case was registered against unidentified persons under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prisons Act.
-- With inputs from PTI