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Bengaluru Prison Videos Prompt FIRs, Officer Suspensions and Month-Long Probe

Officials have launched a month-long inquiry led by ADGP R. Hitendra alongside promised command-centre monitoring and staffing fixes.

Overview

  • Parappana Agrahara police filed an FIR against four undertrials seen dancing in Barrack 8, Room 7, and registered three NCRs tied to other clips showing prohibited phone use.
  • Home Minister G. Parameshwara ordered immediate action with two officers suspended and the chief superintendent transferred following the viral footage.
  • A high-level committee headed by ADGP R. Hitendra will examine prison functioning and security statewide and submit findings within one month, including a technical audit.
  • The Central Crime Branch is probing the leak of videos, questioning actor associate Dhanveer and seizing his phone for forensic analysis.
  • Officials noted some clips were recorded in 2023, while the BJP held protests and demanded an NIA probe citing a terror suspect featured in the videos.