"A detailed probe will be initiated into it -- one reason being that none of the CCTVs in the central jails in the state are functioning," Sreelekha said. "If any official is found guilty, strict action will be taken against them."
Visuals aired by a TV channel showed liquor bottles dumped in the jail compound.
A good number of the inmates in the Kannur jail are reportedly Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) workers or sympathisers.
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