Bengaluru, Nov. 11 -- The state government on Monday suspended two senior prison officers and mandated the transfer of the chief superintendent of the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison after purported videos surfaced on social media on Saturday showing convicts and undertrials at the prison engaging in alleged prison regulation violations, officials aware of the development said.

After a high-level administrative meeting held immediately prior to the suspension, state home minister G Parameshwara told reporters that the matter was being treated with utmost seriousness.

The suspended offficers include prison superintendent Iman Sab Myageri and assistant superintendent Ashok Bhajantri, as per an official release from the state home depart...