Undertrial prisoner slashes his neck with blade in police van in Thane

An official said that Mishra had opposed his transfer to Thane Central Jail. He allegedly quarelled with members of the escort team and took out a piece of the blade he was hiding in his mouth.

Thane: A 29-year-old undertrial prisoner allegedly attempted to kill himself in a moving police van by slashing his neck with a blade he had been carrying in his mouth while resisting his transfer to Thane Central Jail from a Kalyan facility, officials said on Saturday.

The incident occurred at around 11.15 AM on Thursday near the Aadharwadi signal in Kalyan city when Suraj Shankar Singh alias Virendra Mishra was being escorted in a police van from the Kalyan Jail.

Mishra had opposed his transfer to Thane Central Jail. He allegedly quarrelled with members of the escort team and took out a piece of the blade he was hiding in his mouth, an official said.

He told the police personnel to take him back to Kalyan jail and threatened to slit his neck. Even as the escort team tried to persuade him, he pushed aside one of the team members and slashed his neck, sustaining injuries, the official said.

He was rushed to a hospital for treatment.

An FIR was registered at Khadakpada police station under the Kalyan division under sections 132 (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 351 (2) (criminal intimidation), and 352 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).

The officials didn't mention the crime for which Mishra was being tried.