Cop suspended for allegedly smuggling mobile phone into high-security prison in J&K
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A cop has been suspended for allegedly smuggling a mobile phone into a high-security prison in Jammu and Kashmir.
A policeman was suspended on Monday following a complaint by the Jammu and Kashmir Prisons' Department that claimed he was smuggling a phone inside the high-security Srinagar Central Jail, officials said.
The suspended policeman, selection grade Constable Mutazir Abbass of 6th battalion of the J&K Armed Police (JKAP), was caught in the act during in-house surveillance initiated by the Prisons' Department last month, they said.
The officials said Director General of Prisons B Srinivas reported the matter to the Home Department, which repatriated him to his battalion before placing him under suspension and ordering a time-bound departmental inquiry against him.
In an order issued by the Home Department on Monday, Principal Secretary Shaleen Kabra said Abbass had been placed under suspension and an inquiry was ordered in reference to the January 25 communication of the director general of police and prisons.
"...the government, in exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 31 of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services [Classification, Control and Appeal] Rules, 1956 read with Rule 353 of the Jammu and Kashmir Police Rules, 1960 hereby places Abbass under suspension with immediate effect," the order read.
However, the order did not provide any specific reason for his suspension.
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