New Delhi, August 12: Kiren Bedi, the former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry and ex-IPS officer, has expressed strong disapproval following the discovery of a mobile phone in the jail cell of former Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna. She labeled the incident as a failure of jail administration and demanded stringent action against the responsible staff.
Speaking on the matter, Bedi stated, “Prajwal Revanna is a former MP currently incarcerated for a crime. He is clever, perhaps overly so. Thus, he utilized his cunning to smuggle a phone into the jail.”
She raised concerns about the search procedures during his entry into the facility, questioning who conducted the search and granted approval. Bedi remarked, “The question now is, who conducted the search when he entered? This information is recorded in the computer system. Who authorized the search? Was there a recommendation, a bribe, or favoritism involved?”
The former IPS officer warned that if such incidents become commonplace in jails, it would pose a significant threat to law and order. She emphasized, “The staff member responsible must face severe consequences. If this continues in every jail, everyone will have phones. When it happens in one or two places, it is dismissed as an oversight. The advantage of computer and IT systems is that it will expose which staff member was negligent. That staff member should lose their job, and action must be taken.”
Bedi noted that this is not the first instance of a phone being found in jail, indicating systemic flaws. She stated, “This is not the first occurrence. If it were happening everywhere, we would find phones all the time. Why is only one phone being discovered? It’s because a staff member has committed this wrongdoing. Duty shifts occur, and the person on duty at that time is no longer present.”
She insisted that mere suspension is insufficient. Bedi concluded, “Suspending the staff is not enough; they must resign as they pose a security risk.”
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