Two antisocial youths, identified as Sankar Sahu and Ajay Singh, stabbed the Head Warden of the Sambalpur Central Jail on Monday when he was coming to office from his residence at Charbhati.
However, the condition of the warden Jagannath Kheti (55) is learnt to be stable. “After preliminary treatment in the District Headquarters Hospital, he was relieved. He bears injuries on face and chest,” informed the jailer Susanta Kumar Rout.The two antisocial youths had ealier been lodged in the jail for several crimes.
Kheti was making all-out efforts to make them disciplined as part of the jail reformation activities for the inmates, which the youths disliked. They wanted to take revenge on Kheti, Jailer Rout said.After attacking Kheti, the youths fled from the spot, and with the help of locals the warden was rushed to hospital.Since the antisocial youths are known to the warden, it became easier to identify them. “Police are in search of them,” said Dhanupali police sources. Jail staffs demand immediate arrest of the culprits.