Bengaluru, Oct. 5 -- Deputy Inspector General of Prisons (DIG) M Somashekar, who was the chief superintendent of Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in 2018, was arrested on Sunday night over the alleged use of a forged Supreme Court order to free a life convict from the jail that year.

Somashekar was produced before an ACMM court on Monday and remanded to five days in police custody, Parappana Agrahara police inspector Naveen Kumar said.

The investigation follows the release of S Shankar, who walked out of the prison on November 13, 2018, after officials received a document purportedly ordering his release from the Supreme Court.

Police are examining how the document was prepared, how it reached the prison and how it was processed and v...