New Delhi: A 28-year-old prison inmate was allegedly beaten to death by three other undertrials inside a jail van heading from Saket court to Tihar prison on Saturday.
The incident took place around 1.45 PM when four inmates — identified as Manoj, Vishal, Raju and Salman — were being taken back to the prisons after a court hearing and a fight broke out among them, said a senior police official. There was an argument between Manoj and Vishal and soon it led to a scuffle, following which the driver of the prison van stopped the vehicle near the IIT flyover and called up the police control room (PCR), said the senior official.
When the PCR team reached the spot, they decided not to open the gate of the prison van as the prisoners could have tried to escape. The van was taken to Hauz Khas police station, where it was surrounded by a police team before the gate was opened, the official said. Manoj was found lying in a pool of blood and was rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre, where he was declared dead on arrival. (PTI)
