ahmedabad when the city crime branch probed the crimes going on in jail they found a very basic instinct working behind the scenes regional bond jail guards and prisoners from the same soil and regional backgrounds ended up bonding and the guard had no qualms smuggling contraband for the inmate at a price say crime branch officials besides the gate used for entry of supplies and construction vehicles are heavily used by smugglers to get goods in guise of salt bags soaps and other raw materials raids in sabarmati central jail which has prisoners from various states lodged for all kids of crime ranging from terrorism to fraud and murder exposed how prisoners freely used cellphones watched movies on dvds and cds drank liquor brewed inside the jail and indulged in several prohibited activities last week a jail clerk ashok japadia was arrested for smuggling cellphones into the jail using a pointperson mehmood khan pathan a prisoner a crime branch official involved in the jail raids told toi during their daytoday interaction they develop a soft spot for the inmate especially if they belong to the same district or village most contraband goods barring mobile phones come from this route officials claim that the jail is bursting at the seams with hardcore criminals over 4000 and to control them are only 250 policemen and as many paramilitary personnelchecking on the main and internal gates is not very thorough especially for jail staff which is how japadia was able to smuggle phones in easily said the official a police inspector says psychologically you start sympathising with the captor and the captive they start understanding each others world thus even when the staff sees something illegal going on they do not raise an alarm he said the crime branch also discovered that the staff was bribed regularly to keep things under the inmates control if you want extra services and good food you may need to pay rs 1000 to rs 1500 per month the services include cold drinks liquor bedding vessels to prepare food and magazines