Overview
- Deputy Inspector General M. Somashekar, who was Parappana Agrahara’s chief superintendent in 2018, was taken into custody on October 4 and remanded to police custody for questioning about the case.
- Police say a document purporting to be a Supreme Court order was forged in 2018 to secure the November 13 release of life‑convict S. Shankar, and the convict and a prison assistant, S. Srikanth, were already arrested earlier in the probe.
- The convict’s wife told investigators that prison staff pressured her and that she was sexually exploited by officials linked to the release, an allegation the police have recorded and are investigating.
- Investigators say rules were repeatedly flouted in 2018 when Shankar was granted three 15‑day paroles despite adverse notes, and verification logs showed a phone number that did not belong to the cited Chandra Layout police station.
- Police are tracing how the forged order was created and routed, are examining records for other irregular releases, and the probe could lead to wider departmental accountability and more arrests.