Overview

• ADGP (Prisons) B Dayananda ordered a comprehensive inquiry after the clip surfaced, and the prison jailer’s complaint led Parappana Agrahara police to register a case.
• Preliminary findings indicate the celebration likely occurred four to five months ago, with police verifying the exact date and circumstances.
• Investigators have identified ten inmates seen in the footage by name: Anand, Arun, Praveen, Surya, Mithun, Preeksith, Prajval, Chetan, Aravind and Karthik.
• The video shows Srinivasa alias Gubbachhi Seena cutting a cake with a large knife and wearing an apple garland as fellow inmates filmed on a prohibited mobile phone and shared it on social media.
• The clip reached authorities after the widow of Seena’s murdered rival submitted it, and Seena remains an undertrial in a January 2025 murder case following his February arrest.