A Tihar Jail inmate was allegedly killed in a fight which broke out between two groups inside a moving jail van. The clash between the rival groups took place when the jail van was returning to Tihar from the Saket district courts on Saturday.
According to police, the inmate, identified as Manoj, was killed when the clash took a violent turn inside the jail van that was then passing through Hauz Khas area in South district.
It may be recalled that in a similar incident in August, 2015, two inmates were allegedly beaten to death by seven others, including an infamous outer Delhi-based gangster, in a fight that broke out inside the prison van heading from Rohini court to Tihar Jail. It is the third battalion of that Delhi Armed Police that is entrusted with transportation of prisoners between prisons and courts.