Pondy LT Governor visits prison

Puducherry Lt Governor Virendra Kataria today made a surprise visit to the Central Prison at Kalapet, some 20 km from here, and held discussions with the jail authorities on various security aspects.
Kataria, accompanied by DIG Shukla, directed jail authorities to ensure that the 'jammer' on the premises of the central prison, which was now defunct, was made functional so that calls made on cell phones from inside would be blocked.
His visit comes against the backdrop of political parties and merchants alleging that most crimes including extortion threats were given by inmates from the prison to their contacts outside.

Kataria had recently accused Chief Minister N Rangasamy of not holding discussions with him on law and order. He had also brushed aside Chief Minister N Rangasamy's suggestion that he should have held a joint meeting with him and officials on the subject.
Meanwhile, the opposition Congress today held an in camera meeting at the camp office of the Rajya Sabha member P Kannan and discussed the law and order situation. PCC leader A V Subramanian, Union Minister V Narayanasamy, the Rajya Sabha member P Kannan and leader of the opposition V Vaithilingam participated in the deliberations.