One handset was found outside the barrack where Hardik is lodged alone putting him under the scanner.
According to jail authorities, the jailer on duty on last evening, during a regular search, found a mobile phone lying outside Hardik's barrack. Upon further search, another hand set, a mobile battery and two chargers were found from another spot in the jail premises.
Subsequently, an FIR was lodged at Sachin Police Station by duty jailer D P Rabari under IPC section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and relevant sections of Prison Act for receiving, bringing prohibited articles in prison cells.
"An FIR has been lodged in this matter. Since one phone was found outside the barrack where Hardik is lodged alone, we infer that the phone was used by him only," Patil said.
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