Jail inmate killed by his barrack inmate with spoon
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
In a bizarre incident a 33-year-old inmate lodged at Nabha’s district jail has been stabbed to death by another inmate on Thursday evening.
Those killed by his cell inmate has been identified as Sukhjinder Singh, a resident of Sirhind, who was lodged in Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (NDPS) act case at Nabha’s district jail.
As per police officials they received information from jail authorities about the incident following which the case under section 302 (murder) has been registered against inmate identified as Sonu of Batala in Gurdaspur district who was lodged in the same jail in NDPS act.
As per available information, “both victim and accused were lodged in the same barrack and had heated arguments over sharing space for the sleeping on Thursday evening, which ends up in a murder of the victim Sukhjinder Singh.
The officials disclosed that “accused attacked him with spoon and inflicted several serious injuries on his chest. The jail authorities immediately rushed him to local civil hospital where doctors brought him declared dead”.
After the incident, the accused has been arrested following the incident, under section 302 (murder).
October 7,2021
