Vadodara: Officials with a convoy of 100 policemen searched the Central Jail for 10 hours
Due to raids in all the jails of the state by the Home Minister, the condition of the police has become like a rat dug out of a mountain during the search in the Central Jail of Vadodara. At seven in the morning, a staff of 100 policemen including police officers came out after completing the raiding process. No incriminating material was recovered from the Vadodara Central Jail in a 10-hour search operation by the police. Police said only three packets of gutkha, tobacco and dried leaves for making bidis were found. Significantly, there is said to be a beedi leaf tree in the jail premises.
Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi reached Sabarmati Jail alone
It is worth mentioning that there was a stir in the police department after Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi ordered intensive checking in all the jails of the state including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat by visiting the Police Bhavan in Gandhinagar late on Friday night. Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi alone reached Sabarmati Jail when it came to the notice that mobile phones were repeatedly recovered after the incident of serving paan, masala, liquor, gutkha and favorite food to the prisoners.
No serious items found in jail
The condition of 32 jails including the law and order situation of the state was reviewed. Police were ordered to conduct raids in all jails of the state after 7 pm. Following this order, the Central Jail of Vadodara was also raided. A staff of 100 police personnel including senior police officers and women police personnel joined the campaign. A search operation was carried out for 10 hours from late night till morning in Vadodara’s Central Jail. At seven in the morning, a convoy of police personnel including police officers came out of the jail. During interrogation, the police officer said that no serious material was found in the jail.