The J&K government has decided to install harmonious call-blocking system in all 14 jails in UT after it was found that jail inmates use mobiles inside jails especially the big jails. Some of the inmates have been managing narco terror activities from the jail.
Though from time to time officials conducted raids on different jails but the inmates managed to establish contacts with their sources outside the jails which was an alarming sign within the security rank and file. The officials on a specific information in the past had conducted many raids inside jails in different districts and seized mobile phones from the prisoners.
The installation of harmonious call-blocking system will make jails more secure as well as fool proof. The government has now given a nod for installation of a harmonious call-blocking system in all 14 jails for blocking 2G, 3G, and 4G signals. The order for installation was issued by financial commissioner and additional chief secretary, R K Goyal.
The installation of the system will cost Rs 21. 26 crore. As per officials for this installation Rs 19.04 crore is one-time cost and Rs 1.76 crore is recurring cost per annum on account of rent to passive infrastructure providers @Rs 26000 per telecom service provider(TSP) per month per tower-HCBS) and Rs 0.5 crore on account of the annual maintenance charge @ Rs 1 lakh per TSP per annum.
The J&K’s Home Affairs department has already given nod to this project and officials said the setting up of towers of a harmonious call-blocking system would block incoming and outgoing calls, SMS’ and data services on prison and it’s premises. J&K has 14 sub, district and central jails in which hundreds of prisoners including militants, over ground workers and leaders of separatist parties are serving detentions. Srinagar Central Jail and Kotbalwal jail Jammu are the biggest jails in J&K.
In this modern era there are lot of gadgets which are being used by the high profile prisoners to get in touch with outside world and at times despite the fact that jails are now a days more secure than past years. However latest electronic gadgets always are threat to the jail security and there have been many instances when mobile phones were smuggled inside jails, even during raids the officials recovered mobiles from the cells and rooms meant for prisoners.
Now a days as the militants also use latest electronic gadgets so it was mandatory for the jail security to adopt foolproof system. With the installation of this new system the jails in J&K will become more secure and no more conspiracies could be hatched from inside jails.
