Can break into Yerwada jail for Rs 5 lakh: Maharashtra MLA

A legislator on Wednesday created a flutter in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by telling Home Minister R R Patil that he could "break into" Pune's Yerwada Jail for Rs five lakh.

"I know what goes on in jails. I was in one for four years," said Dhule Member of Legislative Assembly Anil Gote, an accused in the multi-crore Telgi stamp scam, who had been lodged in Yerawada Jail.

Gote made the remarks after Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Pune Madhuri Misal asked Patil during question hour about mobile phones and other facilities illegally made available to prisoners in Pune jail.

Patil said the process to install CCTVs and jammers in jails was in progress.

Gote intervened, saying he knew what goes on behind the prison walls.

"Jailor and police are on the payroll of gangs and make queues to get their share. And here you speak about security. Give me Rs five lakh, I will break into Yerwada jail," said Gote, Lok Sangram Party leader.

The jailor gets Rs 25,000 per month as hafta, Gote claimed

Patil agreed that the information given by Gote was of a serious nature and announced that the CID would probe the same.