New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- A Delhi 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, "During Rathi's 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 scanned and we found he was carrying substances such as tobacco and other contraband substances of almost 450-500 gm. He was held by guards and sent for questioning." According to jail officials, it was the first time that a jail officer was asked to "surrender" his jail duties. htc...