A prisoner lodged in Bhopal Central Jail attacked an ISIS-supported prisoner by hitting him on the head with a handcuff, incident took place at 7.30 am on Tuesday. An FIR has been registered in the Gandhinagar police station in the case.
Prisoner Rajesh has committed such crimes inside the jail earlier as well. He attacked prisoner Shahid. Shahid was arrested by the NIA from Jabalpur in June 2023 on charges of links with ISIS.
According to the police, Rajesh and Shahid were lodged in the mental ward of the jail. Here they are kept chained. Shahid did not suffer serious head injury in the attack. The negligence of the jail administration has also come to the fore. Shahid was taken to Hamidia Hospital for treatment without Hawk-Force and security arrangements.
Both the prisoners are said to be mentally ill. In the morning, Rajesh saw the opportunity and hit Shahid on the head with a handcuff. However, Shahid did not suffer serious injury in this incident. The incident happened at 7.30 in the morning. Rajesh is serving a sentence in jail under section 302. He injured Shahid while he was taking a bath in the morning. A case of assault has been registered.
