Inmates at the Kannauj district jail went on the rampage over the alleged suicide of a prisoner after he was beaten by the jail staff on Thursday.
Angry inmates, armed with sticks and stones, began protesting since Wednesday night when Kamlesh, 51, committed suicide by hanging. He was reportedly harassed by the jail staff which drove him to take the drastic step. Several prisoners escaped from their cells and climbed on to the roof of the jail from where they pelted stones at the police.
Demanding the termination and arrest of the deputy jailer, the prisoners refused to come down from the roof and thwarted all attempts made by the police to control the situation.
Forces were called in from adjoining districts and a heavy deployment of police was made around the jail premises.
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MP boy hacks father to death
Bhopal, Aug. 8: A teenaged boy allegedly hacked his father to death as he was miffed with him for torturing his mother in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandla district. The boy was later arrested. The 15-year-old boy attacked his father Hari Prasad (46) with an axe Wednesday night at their home in Satwas village under Damini police station limits in Mandla, the police said.
The boy, angry with his father who was a habitual drinker, for allegedly sexually torturing his mother, killed him after his sisters had gone to sleep. The accused’s sisters were also held for allegedly helping him in dumping the body. — PTI
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Orissa villagers rescue cobra
age correspondent
Bhubaneswar, Aug. 8
Residents of an Orissa village on Thursday released an injured king cobra after getting it treated in a veterinary hospital.
According to reports, villagers of Chhattia in Jajpur district on Wednesday rescued a four-foot long king cobra in critical condition from the clutches of some youth who wanted to kill the reptile out of the fear that it can harm others.
The villagers along with local forest officials took the snake to the doctor. “After all its wounds healed, we released it in Bairi forest today,” said Sarat Mohapatra, a senior forest official.