Overview
- Fresh footage showed inmates drinking liquor, dancing and using multiple phones inside Parappana Agrahara Central Jail, expanding earlier clips of prohibited devices to alleged organised partying.
- Earlier videos captured ISIS recruiter Zuhaib (Juhad) Hameed Shakeel Manna and convicted serial rapist Umesh Reddy using smartphones, with Reddy seen beside a television in his barrack.
- Home Minister G. Parameshwara ordered a detailed report, warned of strict accountability and said an IPS officer will now head the Bengaluru Central Jail after the chief superintendent was transferred and two officials were suspended.
- Free Press Journal reported two senior officers were dismissed and the chief jail superintendent was transferred, while other outlets confirmed suspensions and transfers as inquiries proceed.
- Investigators are verifying the authenticity and timing of clips said to be from 2023 and 2025, probing how contraband entered the prison, and reviewing upgrades like CCTVs and mobile jammers amid recurring lapses at the facility.