Overview

• Officials launched an inquiry after clips showed undertrial Gubbachhi Seena cutting a cake with a large knife inside the barracks, with an apple garland visible.
• ADGP (Prisons) B Dayananda ordered a detailed investigation, and the jailer lodged a complaint with Parappana Agrahara police.
• Police registered a case to trace illegal mobile phone use in the jail and determine who facilitated the celebration.
• Preliminary findings place the event about four to five months ago, and several inmates seen in the video have been identified by name.
• The alert followed a report from the slain rival’s wife who saw the clip online, and the case echoes earlier viral jail videos that led to CCB contraband raids.