The Special Task Force (STF) has arrested Balbir Singh, deputy superintendent of Goindwal Sahib Central Jail, for helping in supplying mobile phones to inmates lodged in the jail.
A case has been registered against Balbir Singh on the directions of the court and he has been taken on police remand.
A few days ago, the Vigilance Bureau had arrested Harpreet Singh, the warder of the fugitive Central Jail Amritsar, in a bribery case. Harpreet had taken Rs 80,000 as bribe from the jail inmate on the pretext of registering a case of recovery of a mobile phone.
A corruption case was registered against warder Harpreet Singh on this charge.