On the basis of regular complaints, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru police on Wednesday conducted a surprise raid in the Bengaluru based Parappana Agrahara jail where they recovered daggers, ganja smoking pipes among other contrabands. During the search, CCB recovered 37 knives/daggers, ganja and ganja smoking pipes, one mobile phone and 4 SIM cards. "We conducted raids at Parappana Agrahara jail today and seized mobile phone SIM cards, knives /daggers, drugs (Ganja), smoking pipes, and other banned items," Patil informed the media. Two years ago a similar kind of search was conducted by the then DIG (Prison) D Roopa. Parpanna Agrahara jail is one of the largest prisons in Karnataka.

Source: dna October 09, 2019 10:07 UTC