Search operation by the jail staff in district prison at Rae Bareli proved costly when the inmates brutally assaulted them on early Tuesdaymorning.
One of the jailer and a deputy jailor were seriously injured in the attack and were admitted in district hospital. A case in this regard under Section 147/148/307/394/336/325/504/506 IPC has been registered and further action has been initiated against the guilty.
Reports said that jailer Dhiraj Kumar Sinha, along with deputy jailer Shailendra Pratap Singh and jail guards identified as Omkar Nath Mishra and Suryabali Yadav, were carrying out search operation in barrack no 6 on the district prison on Tuesday morning. Though the exercise was routine one but still some inmates identified as Rajesh, Harish Chandra, Sajan Shukla, Umesh Yadav, Amit Shukla, Manoj Gulati, Sarvesh aka Raja, Mohamed Ali aka Bhura and Arjun, scuffled with the jail staff.
later as the staff members reacted and warned of action, the inmates turned violent and brutally assaulted them. luckily, some other jail staff rushed to rescue of their colleagues in time and also raised an alarm following which all the inmates were held and later locked back inside the barrack. DIG (Prisons) Sharad Kulshresta visited the jail and ordered a probe into the matter.