Maha: Two prisoners attack jailor, his colleague with sharp weapons

Thane | Saturday | 11th September, 2021

Summary:

Thane, Sep 11 (PTI) Two undertrials allegedly attacked a jailor and his colleague with sharp weapons at Adharwadi jail located at Kalyan in Maharashtra"s Thane district, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place earlier this week and an offence was registered in this connection at Khadakpada police station against the two inmates, identified as Mohammad Altaf alias Maftab Khalid Shaikh and Ankit Mahendra Prasad, they said.

The victims suffered injuries in the incident, police said.

In his complaint lodged with the police, jailor Anand Pansare said that on Wednesday, when he was on duty in the barracks, he spotted undertrial Altaf coming out of a cell that was not allotted to him.

When he questioned Altaf about it, the latter attacked him with a blade, injuring him seriously.

The jailor said in the complaint that he suffered injuries on his neck.