Begusarai (Bihar), Jan 27: Angry prisoners clashed with jail staff following the death of an undertrial, forcing the authorities to order police firing and lathicharge to control the situation in Begusarai divisional jail here today, jail sources said. A prisoner, Shanker Sao, died in mysterious circumstances last night and when the jail authorities went to the barrack to take the body for postmortem, other inmates started shouting slogans against the jail administration and attacked them.
As lathicharge failed to bring the situation under control, police fired a few rounds in air in which no one was injured, sources said. A few prisoners and jail staff sustained minor injuries in the clash. The situation was stated to be tense but under control.
While jail authorities claimed that Sao committed suicide inside his barrack, prisoners alleged that he was beaten to death by the jail staff. Security measures have been tightened around the jail after the incident.
Bureau Report