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Probe Ordered After ISIS Operative and Serial Rapist Found Using Mobile Phones Inside Bengaluru Jail

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The Parappana Agrahara Central Jail in Bengaluru has once again come under intense scrutiny following the surfacing of videos that allegedly show high-profile inmates freely using mobile phones and watching television within prison premises. The incident has triggered a departmental probe amid serious allegations of security lapses and preferential treatment being extended to certain prisoners. Viral Videos Expose Major Security Breach According to reports, the viral videos circulating on social media show ISIS operative Zuhaib Hameed Shakeel Manna and convicted serial rapist and murderer Umesh Reddy using mobile phones without restriction inside the jail. In one of the clips, Zuhaib Manna — a computer application specialist from Bengaluru — can be seen sipping tea and scrolling through a mobile phone while conversing casually with the person recording the video. As per the National Investigation Agency (NIA) , Manna had been arrested for raising funds and recruiting vulnerab...

Supreme Court Orders ₹25 Lakh Compensation for Over-Incarceration in Madhya Pradesh

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Compensation for Prolonged Detention The Supreme Court of India has ordered the state of Madhya Pradesh to pay ₹25 lakh compensation to a man who remained in prison for over four years and seven months beyond his lawful sentence . The ruling was delivered by a bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan .