📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / SpeakingArch
Crime
Former MLA Baljeet Yadav’s Mobile Seized from Blanket in Jaipur Central Jail
✍️ Amar Ujala · Jaipur
🗓 10 Sep 2026, 05:47 PM
👁 26
A mobile phone hidden under a blanket was recovered from former legislator Baljeet Yadav in Jaipur Central Jail, prompting a case and a police probe into call records.
Jaipur Central Jail officials discovered a mobile phone concealed beneath a blanket belonging to former Rajasthan legislator Baljeet Yadav during a routine cell inspection. The device was immediately confiscated, and authorities lodged a formal case for possession of prohibited equipment inside a correctional facility.
Under jail rules, inmates are barred from holding personal electronic devices, and the seizure underscores strict enforcement of those regulations. Police have taken custody of the phone and announced that they will scrutinise its call logs and messaging history to determine any further violations or external contacts.
The incident has drawn attention to the broader issue of contraband in Indian prisons, prompting jail administrators to reaffirm their commitment to regular searches and tighter monitoring of inmate belongings.
Under jail rules, inmates are barred from holding personal electronic devices, and the seizure underscores strict enforcement of those regulations. Police have taken custody of the phone and announced that they will scrutinise its call logs and messaging history to determine any further violations or external contacts.
The incident has drawn attention to the broader issue of contraband in Indian prisons, prompting jail administrators to reaffirm their commitment to regular searches and tighter monitoring of inmate belongings.