Love notes to Sania found in jail

AHMEDABAD: Five major jails of the state were raided in a late night operation on Thursday, throwing up interesting seizures such as CDs, ganja and love letters to tennis star Sania Mirza.

The raids were in connection with a recent incident where a convict was found with a mobile phone in one of the barracks of the state’s biggest prison, the Sabarmati central jail.

The state government is said to have taken a serious note of the incident and, in a joint operation involving teams of the home department, district administration officials and the police, raided the Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhuj and Surat jails beginning 7.15 pm when all prisoners are expected to be in the barracks.

The raids went on till late in the night, according to senior police officials and were timed after visiting hours