Two Delhi’s Tihar jail inmates sustained stab injuries following a fight on Saturday evening. Police said that an attempt to murder case has been registered and further investigation is going on.
According to Tihar jail officials, on Saturday evening, two to three inmates had a fight and injured each other with sharp edge objects.
“The incident took place inside jail number 3 of Tihar. Nobody was serious. Two of them were sent to hospital from where they returned to the jail after treatment,” said the prison officials.
“Information was received from Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital on Saturday around 10 PM that an undertrial prisoner Sumit Dutt, who was lodged in ward number 2 of central jail 3, has been admitted in the hospital,” said a senior police official.
“Police team reached the hospital. The injured stated that he was assaulted with sharp weapons in jail by his fellow inmates Kalu and Bilauta in the evening,” said the police official.