Karnataka prisons DIG in custody over alleged use of forged SC order to release life convict

Bengaluru, Oct 5 (UNI) 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…