Bengaluru, Nov. 13 -- The Karnataka government has appointed IPS officer Anshu Kumar as the new Chief Superintendent of Bengaluru Central Jail, following a series of viral videos that revealed illegal privileges, security lapses, and rampant misconduct inside the state's largest prison.

Anshu Kumar replaces K. Suresh, who was transferred after two consecutive clips from Parappana Agrahara Central Prison triggered public outrage, the first showing high-risk inmates using mobile phones and watching television, and the second featuring prisoners singing, dancing, and yelling "party all night" while banging plates and mugs as makeshift instruments.

Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara, who had earlier pledged that an IPS officer would take cha...