Undertrial inmate assaults prison official at Kalyan jail, booked

An undertrial prisoner allegedly assaulted a jail naik or guard at the Kalyan jail in Thane district of Maharashtra following which a criminal case was registered against him the police said on Tuesday reported the PTIThe accused was identified as Suraj Shankar Singh alias Virendra Shankar Mishra 29 resident of Sonale in BhiwandiWe have registered a case against Singh under sections 132 assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of duty and 1211 voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter public servant from duty of the BNS said an official of Khadakpada police station as per the PTIThe incident occurred on Monday around 12 noon when Singh and four other undertrials were brought to the Kalyan court for a hearingWhile inside the courtroom the accused got into a heated argument with the magistrate over the proceedings in his case The magistrate ordered him out of the courtroom the official said the news agency reportedLater when the jail naik was taking Singh and others back to their prison cells the accused allegedly slapped the naik scratched him on his ears and neck and punched him in the chest and abdomen the official addedWe are looking into whether this was a premeditated act he said as per the PTIJammuKashmir student in Nagpur claims assault association seeks CM Devendra Fadnavis interventionA student from Jammu and Kashmir studying at a pharmacy college in Nagpur was allegedly thrashed by a group of locals police said on Tuesday adding that the motive behind the incident is not clearThe incident took place on the evening of April 27 in the Kamptee area of Nagpur reported news agency PTI However no complaint has been received so far from the victim said a senior police officerExplaining the sequence of events the officer said that two firstyear Bachelor of Pharmacy students ndash hailing from the Doda town and Jammu ndash were on their way to their hostel around 615 pm when one of them went to answer natures call and the other student stood on the roadside waiting for himAround twothree residents reached the spot and started questioning the student who was standing on the roadside and sought to know from where he hailed fromSpeaking to PTI the student said that he told the locals that they hailed from Jammu and Kashmir but the antisocial elements started beating themMeanwhile the other student returned and informed the residents that both were studying in a local college After this the locals allowed them to go the officer informedThe victim ruled out a hate motive behind the attack and said it was their first year in Nagpur and they did not know the area where the incident took place reported PTILater one of the pupils informed about the incident to Jammu and Kashmir Students Association officebearer Nasir Khuehami who posted about it on his X account and urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to intervene in the matterwith PTI inputsatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params