Prison inmate swallows mobile phone, undergoes surgery
An inmate in Shivamogga Central Prison underwent surgery in Bengaluru following severe stomach pain.
The doctors who conducted the surgery removed a mobile along with a battery and SIM.
Now, the Superintendent of Shivamogga Central Jail has £led a complaint against the inmate for possessing a banned item under the Karnataka Prisons (Amendment) Act 2022.
Parashuram alias Chingari of Shivamogga complained of severe stomach pain on March 28. He was treated in the jail hospital.
As he continued to suer, the ocials took him to McGann Hospital in Shivamogga. The doctors reported ‘consumption of foreign bodies’ as the cause of the pain.
Taken to Bengaluru
Later, as per the doctor’s advice, he was taken to Bengaluru Medical College in Bengaluru. He underwent surgery on April 25. Dr. Niyaz Ahmed, the Assistant Professor of Surgery, informed the ocials that a mobile phone had been removed from his stomach. The ocials of the Central Prison in Bengaluru forwarded the mobile phone along with the battery and SIM found in the inmate’s stomach, Shivamogga Prison.
As prison inmates are barred from possessing mobile phones, the ocials registered the case against him.
It is said that Parashuram swallowed to avoid getting caught by the ocials, during a search operation in the prison. to
Yashpal Suvarna, MLA, Udupi, on Wednesday instructed ocials of Varahi Irrigation Project to take steps to supply water from the project to Udupi by May 15 after completing pipeline-linking works.
Speaking after inspecting the project’s pipelinelaying works near Sheembra bridge at Manipal, he said around 35 wards under Udupi city municipality are facing a drinking water crisis. The pending works of the project should be completed immediately to enable the supply of drinking water to the wards from Varahi, he said.
Meanwhile, Commissioner of Udupi City Municipality Rayappa told The Hindu that water storage at Baje vented dam, from where the municipality draws drinking water, is enough for daily supply for the next fortnight. The storage at the dam was at 3.41 mts on Wednesday against the maximum storage level of 6.50 mts.
The Commissioner said that no decision has been taken for water rationing in Udupi city.
He said that Varahi water to Udupi will be drawn from the Varahi Irrigation
Project channel near Halady. The water drawn will be stored at the underground reservoir of the municipality in Manipal.
The government is in the process of constructing a water treatment plant (WTP) near Halady before pumping water to Manipal. Presently two link lines, one near Sheembra bridge and another one near Halady, will have to be completed for Udupi city to get water Varahi water.
If not immediately, Udupi getting Varahi water will be a reality after a few months once the link lines are completed and the WTP is ready, he said.