2 weeks ago
Prajwal's Seized Phone Sealed; Police Deny Video Reports
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.
Police ruled out media reports that videos were found on a phone allegedly seized from former MP Prajwal Revanna in Bengaluru Central Jail.
The seized items — a Redmi phone, charger, pen drive and packet of notes — are in sealed covers pending Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) assessment.
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) found the prohibited articles during an August 11 raid in the VIP Security Division of the prison.
An FIR has been registered at Parappana Agrahara Police Station under the Karnataka Prisons Act and the BNS.
DCP M Narayana said the phone's ownership and password remain unknown, and dismissed reports that 80 mobile phones were seized.
- Who
- Deputy Commissioner of Police M Narayana made the statement; former MP Prajwal Revanna is the person from whom the phone was allegedly seized.
- What
- Police denied reports that videos were found on a phone seized from Prajwal Revanna, saying the materials are in sealed covers pending FSL analysis, and an FIR was registered over prohibited articles found in the jail.
- Where
- Bengaluru Central Jail (VIP Security Division, High Security Prison-3, first floor, Room-4), Bengaluru.
- When
- The police statement was made on August 13; the raid took place on August 11.
- Why
- Prohibited articles, including a mobile phone, were allegedly found in Prajwal Revanna's possession inside the prison, and police are investigating how they entered.
Media Reports
Police Statement
Content of the seized phone
Media Reports
Some media outlets claimed there were many videos in the phone allegedly seized from Prajwal Revanna.
Police Statement
Police said the phone is in a sealed cover pending FSL analysis and described claims about videos as false reports.
Number of phones seized
Media Reports
Some media reports said 80 mobile phones were seized during the raid.
Police Statement
Police dismissed the reports of 80 phones being seized, saying the raid yielded specific prohibited items.
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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