Murder convict visits Thailand from Rajasthan, jail warder suspended for manipulating attendance

A murder convict serving a life sentence in an open jail in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district visited Thailand for five days last year. According to a Hindustan Times report, this trip was made possible with the help of jail warder Hapuram, who manipulated the attendance records during the prisoner's absence.

DIG (Jails) Rakesh Mohan Sharma stated that preliminary investigations revealed the convict, Dishant Kamra, had gone to Thailand, while warder Hapuram marked his presence. For involvement in this conspiracy, jail authorities have suspended warder Hapuram and filed a written complaint with the police. Police are now further investigating whether anyone else was involved in Kamra's foreign trip.

An inquiry by the jail department revealed that Kamra's attendance was marked despite him being outside the jail. According to the complaint, the warder submitted a false report to the authorities by recording fake attendance. Additionally, an old photograph of the prisoner was sent to the Sri Ganganagar jail superintendent.

SHO Satveer Meena of Ghamudwali police station stated that a case has been registered against Dishant Kamra on Saturday evening based on a complaint by jail superintendent Mahaveer Prasad Meena.

The entire incident came to light when a woman filed a complaint with Rajasthan's Director General of Prisons, Ashok Rathore. The woman accused Kamra of cheating and mentally harassing her, and expressed suspicion regarding his possession of weapons and involvement in drug activities.

Following this complaint, jail authorities began investigating Kamra's activities. On November 3, during the inspection of a car, Jawahar Nagar police seized approximately 40 grams of opium and a passport in Kamra's name from a vehicle registered in the name of Kamra's brother. Police registered a case under the NDPS Act and arrested Kamra.

Investigation of the seized passport revealed that Kamra had visited Thailand between October 9 and October 13, 2025. Kamra's passport was issued in 2016, but it was not seized at the time of his arrest in 2018. Even after his sentence was determined in 2023, passport details were not obtained.

Kamra is a resident of Ward Number 3, Indira Colony, Padempur, Sri Ganganagar. He was previously in Bikaner's Bichhwal open farm jail and was transferred to the Narsingpura Birani open jail in Sri Ganganagar district in October 2026. Officials have noted the violation of the Rajasthan Open Prison Rules, 1972, and the conditions for open jail prisoners.

Dishant Kamra is serving a life sentence in the murder case of 28-year-old Dushyant Sharma, known as the 'Jaipur Tinder murder case'. In February 2018, Dushyant Sharma came into contact with Priya Seth through the Tinder app. Dushyant was married and had a young son, but he had given his identity as Vivan Kohli, a wealthy businessman from Delhi.

Priya Seth was in a relationship with Kamra, and Kamra had a debt of approximately ₹21 lakh. According to police investigation, the two planned to kidnap Dushyant and demand ransom to repay the debt. On May 2, 2018, when Dushyant went to meet her at Priya's rented house in the Bajaj Nagar area of Jaipur, Kamra and his associate Lakshya Walia were waiting for him.

After discovering that Dushyant was not a wealthy businessman, the accused detained him, beat him, and demanded ₹10 lakh from his father. His father arranged ₹3 lakh, which was deposited into the son's bank account.