SILCHAR, Feb. 5 -- A senior official of Central Jail, Guwahati, was arrested on Thursday in connection with a racket to supply drugs and other prohibited items to prison inmates for bribes, people familiar with the matter said.

Police said Guwahati central jail superintendent Debokamal Borah was arrested by a team from the Basistha police station that was assigned to investigate the racket following an internal probe.

Borah was taken into custody on Thursday morning, a day after Konkan Bora and Devajit Das, two personnel of the 4th Assam Police Battalion deployed at Guwahati's high-security prison, were arrested on charges of supplying marijuana and other intoxicants to inmates for bribes. Some narcotics were allegedly recovered from th...