Overview
- KSISF personnel on November 20 detained Satwik, 25, an FDA at Shivamogga Central Prison, and police seized 170 grams of ganja hidden in his innerwear.
- On November 19, security staff intercepted a banana delivery and recovered 123 grams of ganja and 40 cigarettes concealed inside the stems of the bunches.
- Chief Superintendent P. Ranganath filed complaints in both matters, and Tunga Nagar Police registered cases under the NDPS Act and the Karnataka Prison Act.
- Officers are reviewing camera footage to identify who sent the banana consignment and are probing whether the two attempts used a common network.
- The episodes follow the October suspension of a head constable for supplying mobile phones, with the overcrowded prison relying on routine KSISF checks of all entrants.