Mobile phone, ganja seized from two inmates at Nagpur jail

A mobile phone and a packet of ganja or cannabis were seized from two convicted criminals at the Nagpur central jail here, police said.

The contraband was thrown over the jail wall by an unidentified person from the nearby premises of the irrigation department on Friday afternoon and picked up by Sanu Khan alias Mustafa Jamil Khan Pathan and Amit Somkuwar, said an official. Acting on a tip-off, jail officials immediately seized both the items.

A case was registered at Dhantoli police station against the two inmates under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and further probe was on, the official said.