After six years of evading justice, a life-term convict has been rearrested due to a counterfeit Supreme Court release order
In November 2018, Shankar astonished prison authorities when official-looking documents, purportedly issued by the Supreme Court , directed his immediate release. Shankar remained behind bars at Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Central Prison While Lakshmi was released after serving a reduced sentence due to her limited role in the abduction. BENGALURU: In a sensational breach of correctional security, a life-term convict who was released on the basis of a forged Supreme Court order has been rearrested and sent back to judicial custody. DGP Kumar immediately launched an internal inquiry. A posse of police officials from Parappana Agrahara prison visited the Supreme Court in New Delhi and cross-referenced the records with those of the Assistant Registrar, who confirmed that no such release order had ever been granted to Shankar.
“Srikanth forged the apex court’s order and mailed it from a local post office to circumvent verification checks,” confirmed Deputy Commissioner of Police (Electronic City) M. Sources suggest Srikanth intercepted or suppressed the initial warning. But the whistleblowers persisted. In May, a second petition detailing the scam reached Alok Kumar, Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services). Armed with the Supreme Court’s confirmation, police registered an FIR under provisions relating to forgery, fabrication and criminal conspiracy at Parappana Agrahara police station. Narayana.