30 officials suspended after SabarmatiJail break attempt: Governemnt

AHMEDABAD: After the jail-break attempt inside the Sabarmati jail in 2013, the state government stated that one jailer of group-1, two jailers of group-II and one subedar and four other officials were suspended for dereliction of duty, the government said, adding that disciplinary action was initiated against 30 jail officials.
The government said that it has also started using the 200 cells constructed for hardcore prisoners.The main wall of this hardcore area has a DC live wire which has been placed to prevent any incident of jail break. Also the entire area is under video surveillance.
The Government further said that reinforced concrete flooring in the cells of 200 hardcore prisoners. The government said this in a written reply to Dariapur MLA Gyasuddin Shaikh.
On February 10, 2013, jail staff noticed a tunnel dug under a barrack. The tunnel was 213-foot long and went straight outside the main wall of the jail. There were 14 accused in the serial blasts case, lodged in the barrack.
Meanwhile, in the reply to another question by Viramgam MLA Tejashree Patel on mobile seizure in jails, the government said that in the last five years 538 mobiles and 244 sim cards were recovered from jails. Vadodara central jail reported the maximum seizure of 170 mobiles and 74 sim cards, followed by Rajkot with 75 mobiles and 30 sim cards.