Allegations of major security lapses and preferential treatment have surfaced at Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Central Jail after videos showed notorious inmates using mobile phones and watching television inside the facility.

Among those seen using mobile phones inside the high-security prison are Juhad Hameed Shakeel Manna, a notorious recruiter for the terror group ISIS, and serial rapist and killer Umesh Reddy. Reddy was also captured watching television inside his cell.

It has also been alleged that Shakeel Manna was in contact with his associates outside the jail.

After the undated videos, which recently surfaced on social media, triggered serious security concerns, the prison authorities said on Saturday that an internal inquiry has been launched to verify the authenticity of th

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