SHIVAMOGGA: Doctors found a mobile phone during a surgery performed on an undertrial lodged in Shivamogga Central Jail on April 25.
On March 28 Parashuram, 26, the undertrial, complained of stomach pain and he was taken to the hospital on the jail premises. When Parashuram complained that he could tolerate the pain, he was taken to the McGANN Teaching District Hospital the same night.
Parashuram told the doctors there that he had swallowed a stone sometime ago. Accordingly, the doctors reported “stomach pain due to consumption of a foreign body (stone)” and treated him.
As his condition deteriorated on April 1, the doctors advised the jail officials that Parashuram needed some specialised treatment. On April 6, he was shifted to the Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru, where a mobile phone was removed from Parashuram’s stomach on April 25.
A case has been filed against Parashuram with the Tunganagar police in Shivamogga under Section 42 of The Karnataka Prisons (Amendment) Act - 2022 for possessing a mobile phone while in prison.