More than 30 cops and several prisoners were injured after violence erupted in Farrukhabad district jail in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday following the death of an inmate.
According to sources, the violence erupted after one of the inmates, identified Sandeep Yadav, who had contracted dengue, died at a hospital at Saifai in the neighbouring Etawah district on Saturday night.
Prisoners attacked jail officials and guards with bricks and sticks after getting the news of Sandeep's death, sources said, adding that the jailor and some other senior officials were injured in the violence.
Inmates alleged that Sandeep, who was facing trial in a murder case, was not provided treatment on time, a charge jail officials have denied.
Prisoners reportedly torched the barracks, forcing authorities to call the fire brigade. Some reports also said that the cops had resorted to firing inside the jail but the officials in Farrukhabad denied the same.
Security personnel in strength had been rushed to the jail premises to control the situation, officials said. ''The situation is returning to normal....there was no firing inside the jail...we are trying to identify the prisoners, who started the violence,'' said a senior police official in Farrukhabad.
The district jail had about one thousand prisoners currently.
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Published 07 November 2021, 07:54 IST