India, Dec. 18 -- ADelhi prisons welfare officer was held and removed from his duty inside Tihar Jail after he was caught with more than 400 grams of illegal substances last week, said officials on Wednesday.

According to officials, welfare officer Vicky Rathi was caught on December 12, during his regular inspection and meeting round at Jail Number 3 in Tihar.

A senior officer at Jail Number 3 said, "Rathi has been attached with Tihar for a long time, which is why there are some instances where he is not even frisked. However, we had tightened our security measures and during his routine checking and frisking, we found that he was carrying something in his shoes. It was picked up when he passed through the machine. His shoes were scanne...