Bengaluru, Aug. 13 -- Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday said action would be taken against any official found responsible in connection with rape convict and former MP Prajwal Revanna allegedly being found with a mobile phone inside a Karnataka jail, asserting that the rank of the official involved would not matter.

"We are still investigating. It does not matter who the official is; they will be taken to task. It does not matter whether it is a PC or a PSI or an ADG," Kharge said when asked whether action had been initiated against DGP Prison and Correctional Services Alok Kumar in connection with the incident.

Kharge's remarks came amid questions over prison security and accountability following reports that Revanna, ...