<p>Undertrial prisoners at the district jail here, skipped food and held a protest against the assault on a few of them by the prison staff.<br /><br />The staff had assaulted the prisoners who questioned the quality of food served, triggering a protest by 173 prisoners since Wednesday night. As talks held by the officials failed, principal district and sessions judge B Sharada visited the prison on Thursday afternoon and managed to convince the protestors to drop the strike, after discussions. <br /><br />Two of the inmates Ranga Pawar (24) and Vighnesh Bhosle (25), both from Maharashtra, were injured in the assault and were treated at the district hospital here. Jail superintendent S D Shodhagar refuted the prisoners’ charges and said a few prisoners had assaulted some of the jail staff on being questioned about a mobile phone found in their cell.<br /></p>
<p>Undertrial prisoners at the district jail here, skipped food and held a protest against the assault on a few of them by the prison staff.<br /><br />The staff had assaulted the prisoners who questioned the quality of food served, triggering a protest by 173 prisoners since Wednesday night. As talks held by the officials failed, principal district and sessions judge B Sharada visited the prison on Thursday afternoon and managed to convince the protestors to drop the strike, after discussions. <br /><br />Two of the inmates Ranga Pawar (24) and Vighnesh Bhosle (25), both from Maharashtra, were injured in the assault and were treated at the district hospital here. Jail superintendent S D Shodhagar refuted the prisoners’ charges and said a few prisoners had assaulted some of the jail staff on being questioned about a mobile phone found in their cell.<br /></p>
