Police fire teargas shells as undertrials go on rampage
Police fire teargas shells as undertrials go on rampage
Police fired teargas shells and charged with batons as a section of undertrial prisoners on Thursday went on the
rampage in the lock-up at the Tis Hazari court here, smashing furniture and fittings, leaving 21 people injured.
Around 200 undertrial prisoners were brought to Tis Hazari court for their proceedings and were in the court lock-up when a section of them resorted to violence following a dispute over a demand to keep a high-risk prisoner along with his brother in a cell for low-risk prisoners.
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As the court lock-up officials refused to bow to their demand, the high-risk prisoner allegedly instigated his friends into violence using blades and injuring some of the inmates, sources said. "They were armed with sharp blades and it took a lot of effort to control the situation," said the officer. A total of 127 undertrials were present in the court complex, including those in the lock-up, at the time of the incident.
"All the injured have been admitted to Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital. This is the second incident of clash between undertrials armed with blades at Tis Hazari courts this week," said a police officer. Taking advantage of a similar clash on Monday, an undertrial managed to escape. The police had to resort to baton charging and lobbing of tear gas shells to stop them.
A senior police official said 17 prisoners and four policemen were injured. A case of rioting, voluntarily causing hurt and damage to public property has been registered at the Subzi Mandi police station. Police has named all the 17 convicts injured in the FIR. The police suggested the court should consider holding trial and other court proceedings of violent prisoners through video conferencing instead of bringing them to the court.
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