A 35-year-old mason carrying a set of mobile phones, chargers and battery into Jaipur Central Jail was arrested during a checking here, police said today.
11 mobile phones without sim card, nine chargers, and three batteries hidden in an empty cement bag were recovered from the accused, identified as Radheyshyam Bairwa, during inspection by a constable of Rajasthan Armed Constabulary yesterday, police said.
Prison authorities have handed over the accused to the police, and a case under section 42 of Prisons Act was registered against him.
The accused, who was working at a construction site inside the jail for the last one year, has said that some miscreant had put the electronic items in the bag and he was unaware of it, police said.
Police and jail authorities are probing the case separately.
