Actor Darshan to be transferred to another prison for VIP treatment; seven prison officials suspended

Admitting the failure of the prison officials, Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara told reporters on Monday that seven prison officials had been suspended and the remaining senior prison officials would be transferred or suspended after submission of an inquiry report.

Two police constables, Anand Reddy and Somashekar, were sent to jail on Sunday evening. During the investigation, which continued till 1.30 am on Monday, the officials found a blatant lapse in the conduct of the seven suspended officers. Meanwhile, the Director General of Prisons, Malini Krishnamurthy, visited the jail premises on Monday morning.

Immediately after the incident came to light, the Minister of the Interior telephoned the Director General of the prison and instructed him to conduct a thorough investigation.

Surprisingly, the CCB officials raided the jail on Saturday and returned empty-handed without taking anything. Responding to this, Parameshwar said that this is also part of the investigation and we are checking whether the jail officials had any first-hand information about the raid so that they could have kept the mobile phones and other items safe at the time of the raid.