Prisons DIG allegedly confessed to creating fake SC order to free life convict

Deputy Inspector General (prisons) M Somasekhar, arrested for allegedly facilitating the release of a life convict using a forged Supreme Court order eight years ago, allegedly confessed to investigators. He reportedly admitted instructing staff to create the document and using it to process the convict’s release from Bengaluru central prison. The case involves the release of life convict Shankar A on November 13, 2018, based on a forged SC order, which was reported on May 20, 2026.