Probe ordered after videos show inmates using phones, TV at Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara prisonPrison authorities have launched an investigation after videos emerged on social media allegedly showing inmates at Parappana Agrahara Cent...
08 Nov, 2025, 08.46 PM IST
How a psychiatrist became mobile supplier for Lashkar terrorists in Bengaluru jail: Inside Rs 1 crore racket busted by NIAA psychiatrist, Dr. Nagaraj, has been arrested for smuggling mobile phones to terrorists and criminals inside Bengaluru Central Prison. The...
10 Jul, 2025, 01.16 PM IST
Jaipur jail scandal: Prisoners enjoy hotel breakfasts while guards sip teaIn Jaipur, five prisoners escaped during a hospital visit. They were discovered at city hotels with family and girlfriends. Guards allegedl...
26 May, 2025, 05.07 PM IST
70 per cent prisoners in Indian jails are undertrials, observes parliamentary panelA parliamentary panel notes that over 70% of Indian prisoners are undertrials who can't afford bail or fines. They suggest creating state f...
10 Mar, 2025, 08.40 PM IST
Big jail violations: Diddy paid inmates of Brooklyn jail to use their phone accounts and directed family members to make social media posts to influence public opinionSean Diddy Combs is accused of violating prison rules by paying inmates to access their phone accounts and running social media campaigns f...
18 Nov, 2024, 07.32 PM IST
Civil rights groups decry effort to punish US federal inmates for social media useCivil liberties advocates are facing a Monday deadline to push the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to back away from the proposed change, i...
02 Apr, 2024, 08.01 AM IST
Bihar jail inmate swallows mobile phone during checkingIn a bizarre incident an inmate of Bihar's Gopalganj district jail reportedly swallowed a mobile phone during checking out of fear being ca...
20 Feb, 2023, 11.56 AM IST
Prevent prisons from becoming breeding ground for anti-national activities: MHA writes to states, UTsThe Ministry has suggested a regular inspection of the prisons. The order also stressed on the need to take appropriate measures to strengt...
03 May, 2022, 01.25 PM IST
Ambani bomb scare: IM terrorist questioned for 4 hours in Tihar Jail on mobile phone recoveryA mobile phone, recovered from Akhtar's barrack in Tihar Jail, is suspected to have been used for creating a Telegram channel used by a gro...
13 Mar, 2021, 11.25 PM IST
Kin not allowed to meet prisoners amid COVID-19: Maharashtra ministerDeshmukh made these remarks after Koshyari asked him over phone to allow family members of the Republic TV editor- in-chief, arrested in co...
09 Nov, 2020, 09.16 PM IST
Smuggled mobile phones ringing in trouble at Tihar JailTotal 330 mobile phones have been recovered in the last one month in Tihar jail.
24 Aug, 2019, 12.22 PM IST
Smartphones to mutton delicacies: Srinagar jail a paradise for terroristsJail sources told the TOI that every rule in the book is brazenly flouted in the prison, with little or no intervention from higher authori...
08 Feb, 2018, 06.58 AM IST
Tihar jail lacks scanners & jammers, faces 30% security staff crunchAuthorities of Central Jail have mentioned the need to increase patrolling by local police to reduce attempts to throw things inside the ja...
15 May, 2015, 11.25 AM IST
More cellphones beeping in Tihar jailPasha was using four mobile numbers and the calls made from and received on these numbers were intercepted by the crime branch.
02 May, 2015, 12.04 PM IST
Mobile phone recovery from Tihar Jail inmates hits all time highEven as the death toll in Tihar Jail has risen abnormally, recovery of mobile phones from inmates has also reached an all time high.
10 Apr, 2015, 11.53 AM IST
No discipline inside Kerala jails? Many inmates have easy access to mobile phonesThe revelations snowballed into a major political controversy because these prisoners are accused of killing RMP leader TP Chandrasekharan.
08 Dec, 2013, 05.04 AM IST
- Jail inmates flush out SIM cards
Over 100 calls were made by the inmates of Parappana Agrahara jail, reveals a probe being conducted by the Criminal Investigation Departmen...
18 Jun, 2011, 05.47 AM IST