Kolkata Jail Search: Mobiles, Card Reader, Pen Drives, ₹31,000 Cash Found From Life-Sentenced Prisoner Aftab Ahmed Ansari’s Cell
Three mobile phones, two routers, pen drives, a card reader and Rs 31,000 cash were recovered from the cell of life-sentenced prisoner Aftab Ahmed Ansari at Kolkata’s Presidency Correctional Home. Police are probing how the items reached his cell and examining his communications and social media activity.

Police recover electronic devices and cash during a search of the Presidency Correctional Home cell of Aftab Ahmed Ansari | AI Generated Image
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 his cell.
Investigators are now trying to establish with whom Aftab was communicating from inside the jail and are also checking the social media applications to get the information.
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Security Concerns Under Probe
Amid questions of security inside the correctional home, police are trying to see whether Aftab was communicating with anyone in Pakistan.
Notably, Aftab Ahmed Ansari is serving a life sentence for the January 22, 2002, attack on the American Centre in Kolkata.
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