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AHMEDABAD: More than 200 cellphones have been seized from 30 jails, including the high security Ahmedabad central jail, since 2016. But authorities are still not aware “officially” how these cellphones are smuggled into jails. A meeting to recruit 500 new jail security staff was held on Wednesday at the main jail office. DGP, jails, Mohan Jha admits there are lapses in security and jail staff bungle while frisking prisoners. In November last year, cellphones hidden behind the picture of a goddess were found in the barrack that houses Amit and his brother Sumit Bhatnagar..