JAMMU: A prisoner was injured in a scuffle between a group of inmates and security personnel inside the district jail in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said.
The incident occurred when some undertrials from Kashmir gathered and started demanding a separate barrack for themselves. The jail authorities tried to persuade them to return to their barracks, asserting that there is no such provision, they said.
One of them, Adil Hamid Dar of south Kashmir’s Shopian, who is facing trial in a case related to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, suffered injuries when he fell while the security staff was trying to restore order, the officials said.
