Karnataka prisoner swallows mobile phone to hide it from authorities, doctors remove it after 20 days: Report
Hindustan TimesA murder convict in Karnataka’s Shivamogga prison swallowed a mobile phone to escape from the regular prison checks by the officials, according to a report in The Indian Express. Karnataka prisoner swallows mobile phone to hide it from authorities: Report According to the report, Parushuram, 38, was complaining to jail staff about severe stomachache, and they took him to a hospital in McGann Teaching District Hospital of Shivamogga. The surgeons reportedly removed the keypad mobile phone and said that Parushuram carried the mobile for almost 20 days inside his stomach. When Parushuram complained of a stomach ache to jail authorities, he did not reveal that he had swallowed a mobile phone, and the issue came to light only after doctors found it in his stomach.