Five Booked for Transferring Money to Ballari Jail Official’s Account
Bhajantri alleged that the transfers were made without his knowledge or consent as part of a conspiracy against him.
Ballari: Five persons, including inmates of Ballari Central Prison and the wife of one of them, have been booked for allegedly conspiring to transfer money into the bank account of a prison official without his knowledge.
The complaint was lodged by Timmanna Bhimappa Bhajantri, working as an assistant superintendent of the Central Prison, Ballari.
According to the complaint, inmate N Srinivas Gowda called his wife, Navya, from inside the prison on October 18 and allegedly asked her to transfer Rs 5,001 to Bhajantri’s State Bank of India account through a UPI transaction.
The complainant said he learnt about the transaction through another inmate, Abhishek alias Kooli.
A further Rs 3,000 was allegedly transferred to his account on the morning of October 19 through a UPI ID linked to an undertrial prisoner known as Nari alias Narendra Kumar from the mobile number of Suresh.
Bhajantri alleged that the transfers were made without his knowledge or consent as part of a conspiracy against him.
He suspected that the inmates were acting out of resentment after he had seized mobile phones and other prohibited articles from them and shifted them to a different barrack.
Based on the complaint lodged on October 19, police registered a case against Srinivas Gowda, Abhishek alias Kooli, Narendra Kumar alias Nari, Navya and Suresh under BNS sections 318 (4), 62 (2) read with 3 (5).