Tag: Delhi's Tihar Jail

Delhi's Tihar Jail

Scuffle Breaks Out In Delhi’s Tihar Jail Leaving Two Inmates Injured

By LokMarg

Another scuffle broke out between two inmates of two groups at Central Jail No 1 in Delhi’s Tihar Jail, the prison official said on Monday.

According to the official, an inmate named Alok attacked Rahul with an improvised knife and tile.
The incident took place on Monday at around 12:40 pm, the official said.

The official further said that members of both groups engaged in the scuffle received serious injuries and have been admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) Hospital.

“At Central Jail No.1, Tihar (Ward No.02), a few inmates attacked Rahul alias Pawan with an improvised knife, handmade sua and tile, resulting in injury to the inmate. Alok alias Vishal who was amongst the attackers has inflicted self-injury subsequent to the incident. The Jail staff, TSP and Quick Response Team intervened and the inmates involved in the incident were separated immediately,” the prison official said in a statement.

Hari Nagar police station has been intimated for lodging FIR and taking further legal action in the matter.

Further action is being taken.

Prior to this, a similar incident took place in Tihar jail on May 2 after members of two gangs engaged in a scuffle resulting in the killing of the dreaded gangster Tillu Tajpuriya inside the jail.

The attack on Tillu Tajpuria in Tihar was already raising many questions about the security of the prison.

In April this year too, Prince Tewatia, a Lawrence Bishnoi gang member, was killed in a gang war inside Tihar Jail. Lodged in Jail Number 3, Tewatia was stabbed five to seven times before he succumbed to his injuries in Delhi’s Deen Dayal Hospital.

Earlier, another undertrial in Tihar Jail named Dilsher Azad, who had been lodged in the Delhi Jail since September 2019 was attacked to death in November 2020 by three other under-trial prisoners using an improvised sharp object. (ANI)

Read More: lokmarg.com

Kejriwal

Another Inmate Hangs Self At Tihar Jail

By LokMarg

Three days after a 26-year-old inmate was found hanging inside Delhi’s Tihar Jail, an under-trial prisoner allegedly died by suicide inside the prison on Friday morning, officials said.

As per Tihar officials, the inmate, identified as Raja alias Mahawar (29), was found hanging in the common bathroom of Ward-6 of Central Jail No.4 on Friday morning.
He was brought down and doctors were called to conduct a check on him. “He was declared dead at 11:53 am by the on-duty doctor of the jail,” a senior official told ANI.

According to officials, the deceased was facing trial under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Arms Act.

Further information is awaited.

The incident comes three days after a convict died by suicide by hanging himself in the Tihar Jail of the national capital.

On May 23, an inmate identified as Javed, who according to Tihar Jail officials was convicted in a robbery case in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar in 2016, died by suicide.

The 26-year-old convict was lodged in jail number 8-9 and allegedly took his life by hanging in the common toilet area of the enclosure for inmates, officials said.

Earlier this month, gangster Tillu Tajpuriya alias Sunil Balyan, an accused in Delhi’s Rohini court shootout case was killed by rival gang members in Tihar jail.

A few days later, the CCTV visuals of the killing of Tillu Tajpuriya surfaced, which showed that fellow inmates continued stabbing the prime accused of the Rohini Court shootout in front of uniformed personnel, who did not intervene.

The footage from the CCTV camera, mounted on the wall of Central Gallery inside Tihar Jail, was from around 6:15 am on May 2.

The police personnel were seen standing near Tillu Tajpuriya, lying on the floor, and watching three men stabbing the gangster with weapons, fashioned out of lockup grills.

Later, nine Tihar Jail officials, including the assistant superintendent, were suspended in this matter. Followed by a major rejig inside Tihar with 99 prison officials transferred to other jails in the city. (ANI)

Read More: lokmarg.com