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The Karnataka government on Monday, November 10, took disciplinary action against three senior officers of Bengaluru Central Jail after videos allegedly showing inmates enjoying undue privileges surfaced online.

Home Minister G Parameshwara announced that Chief Superintendent K Suresh has been transferred, while Superintendent Imamsab Myageri and Assistant Superintendent Ashok Bhajantri have been suspended. An IPS officer will now be put in charge of Parappana Agrahara Jail in Bengaluru, he added.

The move follows the circulation of several videos on social media allegedly showing inmates with access to televisions and smartphones inside their barracks. One of the clips reportedly shows Umesh Reddy — a convicted serial rapist and

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