LUCKNOW, Nov. 7 -- An extortion call to a Baghpat trader exposed the brazen activities of criminals operating from inside a jail. Krishnapal Rana received a call demanding Rs.20 lakh extortion from a notorious criminal Gyanendra Dhaka lodged in Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur jail.

The trader reported the incident to police, leading to a raid at the jail where a mobile phone was recovered from Dhaka's possession on Thursday after which three jail officials, including jailer Jeevan Singh, deputy jailer Prince Babu and warder Akash Kushwaha, were suspended by DG (jail) PC Meena. The police had registered a case against Dhaka and others involved in the extortion racket in Doghat police station of Baghpat on November 5.

A senior Baghpat official s...