Four Jail Staff Injured During Inmate Scuffle at District Jail Dhangri in Rajouri

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Rajouri, Mar 08 (NVI) : Several jail personnel were injured during a scuffle that broke out among inmates inside District Jail Dhangri in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said.

Official sources told NVI that a clash erupted among prisoners inside the jail, prompting police and jail staff to intervene to bring the situation under control.

During the intervention, four personnel — Constable Pawan Khajuria, Maqsood Ahmad, SPO Prem Singh and jail staff member Taj Din — sustained injuries while separating the inmates.

All the injured personnel were shifted to Government Medical College (GMC) Rajouri for treatment.

Further details are awaited.—(NVI)