VARANASI, March 19 -- PV Ramasastry, director general of the department of prisons administration and reforms, has suspended jailer Rakesh Kumar Verma and deputy jailer Sukhvati Devi of Ghazipur district jail following an inquiry that found their alleged involvement in facilitating a jail inmate to make a mobile call from within the prison. The inquiry was conducted by deputy inspector general (jail) Rakesh Kumar Srivastava.

In connection with the same case, the Uttar Pradesh government suspended Ghazipur district jail superintendent Arun Pratap Singh on Tuesday for alleged negligence in duty. Mau jail superintendent Anand Shukla has been given additional charge of Ghazipur district jail.

The matter came to light after a youth from Ghaz...