Govt planning to install 5G jammers in jails: MoS Home Sanghavi

Gandhinagar: Harsh Sanghavi, the minister of state for home, announced during a discussion on recent raids conducted by the state home department in jails across the state that the government is planning to install 5G jammers in jails.

During the discussion, Sanghavi informed that the jammers currently installed in the jails were of 2G technology and causing inconvenience to the residents near the jail. He added that the government plans to install 5G jammers to replace the outdated technology and prevent further hardship for nearby residents. Additionally, he disclosed that mobile phones were found in three jails.

MoS made this announcement in response to an urgent discussion notice by BJP MLAs Uday Kangad and Payal Kukrani over the raids in the central jail. The raids began on a Friday night and continued till Saturday morning, with about 1,700 police officers conducting searches in four central jails and 13 district and special jails. DeshGujarat