NEW DELHI: There was once mayhem in Tihar Jail’s Rohini campus on Monday evening when some inmates first thrashed after which strangled a fellow prisoner to dying. Pawan Kumar died in a brawl that began after he refused to serve a chilly drink to the leader of a gaggle of convicts.
The incident comes inside of per week of Delhi excessive court docket directing the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the assault on and bodily torture of a number of prisoners lodged in Tihar Jail.
Kishan, an accused in a case of homicide and in jail since 2013, was once incensed via Kumar’s refusal to recognise his supremacy in jail and do as he ordered. Kumar had most effective recently entered the jail after being arrested for theft after which remanded in judicial custody. “We received details about the dying of Kumar from Ambedkar Hospital. In our investigation, we discovered Kumar, an under-trail inmate, was once ordered via Kishan to carry him something on Monday evening. When Kumar refused to take action, Kishan strangulated him to dying,” stated Rajneesh Gupta, DCP (Rohini).
An FIR has been registered against Kishan for homicide (Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code).
When contacted, a Tihar Jail spokesperson stated that the incident happened round 2.45am when the accused punched the sufferer on his stomach for not serving him a tumbler of Roof Afza as ordered. “The scenario was once immediately controlled via the warden,” the jail professional claimed. “The sufferer was once taken to the sanatorium, where he died throughout remedy.”
Kumar’s family alleged that he was once cornered and overwhelmed up. “There have been marks on his hand, legs and neck as though he have been restrained via others whilst being strangled. He was once in jail for the previous three months,” stated the sufferer’s brother, Vishnu.
The central jail has noticed some violence prior to now few months and the excessive court docket had had to interfere to stay issues so as. The case of prisoners being tortured in jail had made information in November and the excessive court docket had set up a committee for investigation, which in the end really useful the submitting of FIR against some jail officials.
Instances of extortion rackets being run from jail also are changing into increasingly more evident. According to police, two convicts lodged within the jail, Danish and Asif, have been recently found out to be making extortion calls for from inside the jail premises.
Before that, there was once the talk over the escape of against the law syndicate member. The high-risk convict, Sandeep Dhillu, was once freed via pals when he was once being taken to sanatorium in a private can relatively than a jail car or ambulance. The buddies of Dhillu, who too have been working an extortion racket from jail, opened fire on the security staff to facilitate his escape.
The incident comes inside of per week of Delhi excessive court docket directing the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the assault on and bodily torture of a number of prisoners lodged in Tihar Jail.
Kishan, an accused in a case of homicide and in jail since 2013, was once incensed via Kumar’s refusal to recognise his supremacy in jail and do as he ordered. Kumar had most effective recently entered the jail after being arrested for theft after which remanded in judicial custody. “We received details about the dying of Kumar from Ambedkar Hospital. In our investigation, we discovered Kumar, an under-trail inmate, was once ordered via Kishan to carry him something on Monday evening. When Kumar refused to take action, Kishan strangulated him to dying,” stated Rajneesh Gupta, DCP (Rohini).
An FIR has been registered against Kishan for homicide (Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code).
When contacted, a Tihar Jail spokesperson stated that the incident happened round 2.45am when the accused punched the sufferer on his stomach for not serving him a tumbler of Roof Afza as ordered. “The scenario was once immediately controlled via the warden,” the jail professional claimed. “The sufferer was once taken to the sanatorium, where he died throughout remedy.”
Kumar’s family alleged that he was once cornered and overwhelmed up. “There have been marks on his hand, legs and neck as though he have been restrained via others whilst being strangled. He was once in jail for the previous three months,” stated the sufferer’s brother, Vishnu.
The central jail has noticed some violence prior to now few months and the excessive court docket had had to interfere to stay issues so as. The case of prisoners being tortured in jail had made information in November and the excessive court docket had set up a committee for investigation, which in the end really useful the submitting of FIR against some jail officials.
Instances of extortion rackets being run from jail also are changing into increasingly more evident. According to police, two convicts lodged within the jail, Danish and Asif, have been recently found out to be making extortion calls for from inside the jail premises.
Before that, there was once the talk over the escape of against the law syndicate member. The high-risk convict, Sandeep Dhillu, was once freed via pals when he was once being taken to sanatorium in a private can relatively than a jail car or ambulance. The buddies of Dhillu, who too have been working an extortion racket from jail, opened fire on the security staff to facilitate his escape.
Tihar inmate dies in brawl over soft drink
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