An inmate of the Nainital district jail, who was injured in a fight between inmates of the jail has expressed fear for his life from another inmate. The injured prisoner who was brought for a health examination to the BD Pande hospital consistently said that he feared for his life and named an inmate convicted of murder as his perceived source of threat. After getting his medical examination conducted, the police took the inmate back to the Nainital district jail.
It is pertinent to mention here that some days ago, there was an alleged tussle between murder accused Prakash Pande and another inmate identified as Sahdev Singh in the district jail. Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) native Sahdev Singh was injured in the altercation after which he was admitted for primary treatment to the BD Pande hospital. According to sources, there was an altercation in the district jail a couple of days ago between the groups of inmates favouring Pande and Singh. The 44-years old Singh was reportedly injured in the altercation. After being admitted in the hospital, Singh was discharged after primary treatment on the next day.
According to sources, convicted of murder, Prakash Pandey is undergoing life imprisonment and was brought to the court in Nainital on May 25 regarding a case under the Gangster Act. On the directions of the court, Pandey had been kept in the Nainital jail.
It is reported that on the evening of June 2 there was an altercation for dominance between the Pandey and Singh groups in the jail which resulted in Singh incurring injury.