Question mark on security of Tihar Jail: Gangster makes extortion calls

NEW DELHI: Putting a question mark on security within Tihar Jail, Delhi Police has found that not only did a dreaded gangster have access to a mobile phone in the prison, he was using it to make extortion calls to city businessmen.

Notorious criminal Naveen Bali, in jail for the past two years, has been interrogated for making the calls and arrested afresh in the case, along with three aides who allegedly did the ground work for him outside the prison.

Sources told that Bali, undergoing trail in more than 20 cases of murder, dacoity, extortion and abduction, had been using the mobile to make extortion calls and communicate with fellow gangsters till last fortnight. The phone has been seized.

Tihar has around 35-40 jammers, including devices that jam 3G signals. However, Bali’s case has exposed weaknesses in the jail’s security. Police will apprise the Tihar administration of the case and ask them to beef up security.

Deputy commissioner of police Rajiv Ranjan said his teams have arrested Vishal Maan and two other shooters, identified as Santosh Bahadur from Nepal and Nizam from Ghaziabad, on charges of extortion in the case.

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Source:Timesofindia