SMALLER THAN AN INDEX FINGER

A 7cm long and 3cm wide phone, weighing just 20 grams, is a hit among prisoners as they can easily hide it in body cavity. Costs less than ₹1,000, also available on e-commerce sites

Inmates usually get their hands on these phone through their aides or kin when they step out of jail for court hearings say jail officials

Of the 4,000 mobile phones recovered from jail inmates in the past six months, around 70% are of a specific brand ‘Kechaoda mobile’, a Chinese company, say jail officials