Director-General Admits ‘Cell Phones Inside Tihar Jail’ Vows to Break Nexus

New Delhi: High profile prisoner inside Tihar jail using mobile phones to communicate outside, is a known fact. Acknowledging the fact for the first time, the newly appointed Director-General of Delhi Prisons, Sandeep Goel said dismantling the nexus will be his priority. In an exclusive interview with IANS, senior IPS officer Goel said that this is going to be the biggest challenge of his career to break the syndicate of the gang which supplies mobile phones to the jail inmates. Goel took charge as the Director-General of Delhi Prisons, Tihar on July 17. He said the way mobile phones were being smuggled into the prison and landing into the hands of gangsters lodged in the jail is a cause of concern for the prison authorities. “My first priority is to dismantle the nexus of the jail inmates and staff members who help the mobile phones land in the underworld dons and gangsters’ lap,” he said. (IANS)

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