Twelve mobile phones seized from Bihar jail

PATNA - Twelve mobile phones were seized from inmates of a Bihar jail during a raid early Wednesday, police said.

Half a dozen mobile chargers, SIM cards and other objectionable items were also recovered from the prisoners of Beur central jail here, police said.

A police team led by Senior Superintendent of Police Vineet Vinayak raided the jail, where several gangsters, criminals turned politicians and Maoists are lodged.

The raid was conducted following the murder of a businessman who was robbed by unidentified assailants in Patna Monday night. Police received information that inmates were freely using mobile phones to operate their criminal gangs.