Bengaluru, Oct. 5 -- Karnataka Prisons and Correctional Services Deputy Inspector General (DIG) M Somashekar has been taken into police custody in connection with the alleged release of a life convict from Bengaluru Central Prison in 2018 on the basis of a forged Supreme Court order.
Somashekar, who was serving as the Chief Superintendent of Bengaluru Central Prison at the time of the incident, was taken into custody on October 4 and produced before a court, which remanded him to police custody for interrogation, according to reports.
The case pertains to the release of convict Shankar A, who was undergoing a life sentence in a kidnapping-for-ransom case.
Police allege that Shankar was released in November 2018 on the strength of a purpo...