From correspondents in Tamil Nadu, India, 03:32 PM IST
The warden of a high-security prison here was caught accepting a bribe for smuggling banned goods like mobile phones and liquor into the jail Saturday, police said.
S. Solomon, 33, was caught red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs.8000 to smuggle prohibited items into the Puzhal prison, about 20 km north of here.
Police said a search of his residence yielded unaccounted cash worth Rs.30,000.
'The amount may seem small, but for this kind of money a huge number of banned items like cigarettes, mobile phones, SIM cards, liquor and drugs could have been smuggled in. Solomon has admitted his crime and is being questioned further,' Additional Director General of Police (Prisons) R. Nataraj told IANS.
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Such things as bribing jail keeper and enabling criminals to enjoy drinks and make plans using cell phones with master criminals outside jail is not surprising to thinking people who are watching our polity. After all most politicians are hardened crimnals, as is well known.
Mr Solomon must be given RI for life with expeditious trial without political influences so that too much proof is not demanded, since he himself has confessed the crime. As deterrent he deserves RI.
Many LTTE terrorists were able to dig an underground conduit from inside the central prison, supposedly a 'high security'jail, to outside, and made good their escape. That was several years ago. Political complicity and collusion with jail officials was rumoured but the news was given least publicity. Even if jails are a state subject, there must be a separate central, mandatory agency to keep a vigil on their ways and authenticate their 'pilfer proof' nature authentically.
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