2 mobiles recovered from Yerawada Central Prison, four inmates booked

In the first of the latest two cases, a cell phone was seized from the pocket of an undertrial from Circle 1 on the afternoon of August 5 after a search was conducted following a specific input.

On the afternoon of August 6, a search was conducted in a cell shared by three inmates in Tilak Yard of the Yerwada prison and a smartphone was recovered.

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Authorities at the Yerawada Central Prison in Pune recovered two cell phones in two separate searches conducted on August 5 and 6.

In the first of the latest two cases, a cell phone was seized from the pocket of an undertrial from Circle 1 on the afternoon of August 5 after a search was conducted following a specific input.

On the afternoon of August 6, a search was conducted in a cell shared by three inmates in Tilak Yard of the Yerwada prison and a smartphone was recovered.

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A case was registered at the Yerawada police station on August 8 in which the four undertrial inmates were booked under Section 42 of the Prisons Act, which pertains to taking prohibited items into the prisons and attracts a maximum sentence of six months. Police have also invoked IPC Section 188 (disobeying orders by public servants).

Express had earlier reported that between April 1 and July, authorities of the prison department recovered as many 33 cell phones in 20 cases reported across Maharashtra as part of a drive to remove mobile phones from prisons.

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