11 Adiala Jail staffers suspended
Prohibited items were found on inmates in search operation
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RAWALPINDI:
As many as 11 staff members of Adiala Jail have been suspended following the incident of recovery of prohibited items from the inmates during a search operation conducted on Sunday, a spokesperson said.
All suspended officials have been directed to report to Inspector General Office in Lahore. The inquiry was launched after a brawl between two groups of inmates at the Adiala Jail hospital after which a grand search operation was launched. The police recovered cash and phone chargers along with other prohibited items from the possession of the inmates.
Cash, phone chargers seized from inmates
DIG prisons conducts search operation at Adiala Jail
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RAWALPINDI:
A British-Pakistani inmate sent photos to his father of wounds he sustained in a scuffle between two groups in Adiala Jail hospital, which resulted in an inquiry into jail protocols as the recipient forwarded the pictures to high government officials.
A search operation led by Rawalpindi Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police (Prisons) Malik Shaukat Feroze, Faisalabad DIG Saeedullah Gondal and Sahiwal DIG Jail Muhammad Kamran was conducted along with 150 personnel during which a number of prohibited items and gadgets were recovered, a police spokesperson said on Sunday.