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Prajwal's Seized Phone Sealed; Police Deny Video Reports

Prajwal's Seized Phone Sealed; Police Deny Video Reports
Prajwal’s phone in sealed packet, hence can’t say about content: DCP Narayana · theprint.in

A man named Prajwal Revanna, who used to be a member of parliament in India, is in jail.

The police searched his prison room and found some things that are not allowed in jail.

Those things include a phone, a charger, a small memory stick called a pen drive, and a packet of notes.

Some news reports said there were videos on the phone.

The police say those reports are not true.

The police have put the items in sealed covers so nobody can touch them.

A special laboratory will soon check what is actually inside the phone.

The police do not know whose phone it is because the password has not been given to them.

They are also trying to find out how the phone got into the prison.

Prajwal was sent to this prison because a court found him guilty in a serious case.

Key facts

Event
Seizure of prohibited articles from former MP Prajwal Revanna in Bengaluru Central Jail
Raid Date
August 11
Conducting Agency
Central Crime Branch (CCB)
Items Seized
Blue Redmi phone, white charger, black pen drive, blue packet of notes
Seizure Location
VIP Security Division, High Security Prison-3, first floor, Room-4
FIR Details
Registered at Parappana Agrahara Police Station under the Karnataka Prisons Act and BNS
Next Step
Materials to be assessed by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL)
Prajwal Revanna
Former Hassan MP (2019-2024); convicted in a rape case and sentenced to life imprisonment in August 2025

Quotes

Deputy Commissioner of Police M. Narayana

Head of the Electronic City police division in Bengaluru

“The prohibited materials allegedly found with Prajwal have been kept in a sealed cover, and they will be assessed by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL); hence, nothing could be said about the content of the phone.”
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“We will also write to the company that produced the phone to bring to its attention how the security features of these particular models are being breached.”
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