{
  "id": 4239753,
  "title": "Kolkata Jail Search: Mobiles, Card Reader, Pen Drives, ₹31,000 Cash Found From Life-Sentenced Prisoner Aftab Ahmed Ansari’s Cell",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/kolkata-jail-search-mobiles-card-reader-pen-drives-31-000-cash-found",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T16:29:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/kolkata-jail-search-mobiles-card-reader-pen-drives-31000-cash-found-from-life-sentenced-prisoner-aftab-ahmed-ansaris-cell"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On August 29, 2026, a search of Aftab Ahmed Ansari's cell in the Presidency Correctional Home in Kolkata yielded three mobile phones, two routers, assorted electronic devices, and Rs 31,000 in cash, raising questions about the circumstances surrounding the items' presence in his cell. The operation, conducted by police, is probing how the contraband entered the life-sentenced prisoner's confines and suspects communication with individuals abroad, particularly in Pakistan. Aftab, serving a life sentence for the 2002 attack on the American Centre, is under scrutiny for potential security breaches within the correctional facility.",
  "summary": "Kolkata, August 29, 2026: Three mobile phones, two routers and other electronic equipment were recovered from the cell of life-sentenced prisoner Aftab Ahmed Ansari at Presidency Correctional Home in Kolkata on Saturday. Cash And Electronic Devices Recovered In the search operation conducted by the police, Rs 31,000 cash in 500 notes was recovered, raising questions about how the items reached…",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}