One of the Pakistani prisoners at Kot Bhalwal Jail of Jammu, Sonaullah Khan of Sialkot (64), is in a critical condition at Government Medical College Hospital after being hit by a fellow inmate, Vinod Kumar of Uttarakhand, on Friday morning. Seven militancy-related cases have been registered against Sonaullah, Mr. Kumar said. Serving twin life terms, Sonaullah has been lodged at Kot Bhalwal Jail for the past 14 years.
Director-General of Prisons K. Rajendra Kumar told The Hindu that the two prisoners quarrelled over some trivial issue.
Superintendent of the State Central Jail at Kot Bhalwal, Rajni Sehgal, added: “Vinod Kumar of Uttarakhand quarrelled and hit Sonaullah at 8.10 am (IST) when the prisoners were setting out for the day’s labour on the jail premises. Sonaullah got critically hit. We have admitted him to GMC Hospital. He is in the ICCU now.”
Ms. Sehgal told The Hindu that both, Vinod Kumar and Sonaullah, were serving life terms. Both Mr. Kumar as well as Ms. Sehgal maintained that Sonaullah was a convict in cases related to terror activities. However, neither of them had information available about the organisation he purportedly belonged to.
PTI adds that the Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a probe into the attack and suspended jail superintendent Rajni Sehgal and other staff.thank you THE HINDU news
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