The parents of a jailed gangster were among four persons arrested here on Saturday for allegedly helping their son continue his extortion activities from inside the prison, police said.
Pratap Behera and his wife Phulabati, parents of Litua alias Bharat Behera who is now lodged in Choudwar Circle Jail here for over five years, have been arrested, a police officer said.
Litua had allegedly called up a city-based businessman from inside the prison and demanded Rs 50 lakh from him, he said.
He had asked the businessman to hand over the money to his parents, the officer said.
Two others who were following Litua's instructions from inside the jail were also arrested, he said.
All the four were produced before a court here which remanded them to judicial custody, the officer added.
Two women associates of another jailed gangster Md Shakil were arrested last month for allegedly carrying out his extortion activities through his instructions over the phone.
When contacted, a senior jail official said neither the undertrial prisoners nor the convicts have any access to telephones inside the jail.
"The duo (Shakil and Litua) might have made the calls with the telephones of their relatives when they came to meet them in the prison," he said.
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