During the inspection, a prohibited mobile phone, SIM card, charger and notebook were found in a cell.
Revanna, the former Hassan MP who is currently serving a sentence after being convicted in a sexual assault case, allegedly received a mobile phone, SIM card, charger and pen drive in a coordinated smuggling operation involving five others, including a jail staffer, police said. All five people have been arrested in connection with the case, police said. Undertrial prisoner Mohammed Tausif, who is accused in the DJ Halli case, allegedly concealed the SIM card in his mouth and passed it to Revanna, police said. Gawade allegedly handed over the charger and pen drive to Revanna during subsequent visits, investigators said.
Jail warden Prakash Gawade allegedly handed the phone to Revanna personally. In August, Central Crime Branch officers raided Revanna’s barrack and seized the mobile phone, SIM card, charger and pen drive. An FIR was subsequently registered against Revanna and his co-inmate Pratap Rai.
The jail staffer had previously been arrested and suspended on charges of allegedly smuggling ganja into the prison. BENGALURU: Multiple pornographic videos were found on a mobile phone and other devices seized from jailed former Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna , police sources told TOI on Saturday.