DHANBAD, May 24 -- Giridih deputy commissioner Ramniwas Yadav and Superintendent of Police (SP) Dr Bimal Kumar led a major search operation at the Central Jail in Mohanpur to review security arrangements and check for any prohibited items, district officials said.

The inspection began around 10.30 pm on Saturday and continued for nearly two hours. Around 45 officials and about 150 police personnel took part in the operation. Separate teams checked all wards of the men's prison blocks as well as the women's ward.

Officials said the inspection covered inmate activities, deployment of security guards, duty rosters, visitor procedures, water supply, cleanliness and other basic facilities inside the jail. CCTV cameras installed on the premis...