Scuffle in Yerwada jail, undertrial attacked

Npnews24 Online, PUNE: In a second such incident on consecutive days, an undertrial prisoner in Yerwada Central Prison was allegedly attacked by a fellow inmate during a scuffle on Wednesday.

A senior prison said the prisoner was attacked with a stone, which has left him critically injured. Yerwada Central Jail Superintendent UT Pawar has identified the injured prisoner as Mohammad Nadaf.

“We have just heard news that an inmate has been attacked with a stone inside the jail by another inmate and we are trying to get the information regarding the incident from the jail administration,”said a Yerwada police officer.

The injured inmate has been sent to Sassoon hospital.

Undertrail prisoner Tushar Hambir, a member of the Hindu Rashtra Sena, was attacked with a nail-like object allegedly by three inmates following a scuffle. Authorities had arrested Shahrukh alias Rashid Shaikh, Aman Riyaz Ansari and Salim Shaikh for attacking Hambir.