Five arrested for providing mobile phone to Prajwal Revanna in prison
Police in Bengaluru have arrested five individuals for smuggling a mobile phone into Parappana Agrahara prison for former MP Prajwal Revanna. This incident follows a series of security breaches involving prison staff facilitating contraband for inmates.
Why it matters
It highlights systemic corruption and security failures within the Indian prison system, raising concerns about the ability to monitor high-profile convicts.
The Parappana Agrahara police have cracked the case of mobile phone usage by former MP Prajwal Revanna, who has been convicted of rape, and arrested five persons for allegedly getting the phone into the prison. This is apart from the arrest of Prajwal and his prisonmate, undertrial Prathap Rai, who were caught using the phone on August 11.
The Central Crime Branch (CCB), Bengaluru police, had conducted a surprise raid and seized the mobile phone, SIM card, phone charger, and a pendrive from Prajwal.
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