Two mobile phones, charger recovered from cell of gangster in Sabarmati jail

The FIR stated that the prison staff conducted a check in the high-security area of the old prison on January 6 evening. When they checked the cell of Vishal Rameshwarpuri Goswami, they found his movements to be suspicious and noticed that a piece of the cement ply sheet on the roof of the cell had broken. However, since the broken part was unreachable, the staff locked the cell after placing Goswami in another cell. On January 7, the prison staff brought a ladder to inspect the broken section of the roof. There, they found a hole and found a plastic box tied to a piece of stick inside. They found the phones, SIM cards and charger from the box, the FIR said.

Goswami was booked under Sections 42, 43, and 45(12) of the Prisons Act, as well as under BNS section 223 (disobedience of an order promulgated by a public servant). In 2023, an Ahmedabad court sentenced Goswami to 21 years in jail after holding him guilty of extortion, attempted murder along with other offences.