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A situation authoritative suffered superior injuries aft helium was stabbed by 2 inmates utilizing sharpened tiles astatine the Viyyur jailhouse successful Thrissur, Kerala, constabulary officials said connected Friday (November 14, 2025).
The Viyyur constabulary registered a lawsuit against inmates Azaruddin and Manoj, who are lodged successful the high-security situation wherever accused progressive successful coercion cases and detainees nether the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA) are housed.
According to the FIR, the incidental occurred astir 5.20 p.m. connected Thursday erstwhile Abhinav, an Assistant Prison Officer from Kottarakara, asked Azaruddin and Manoj, who were connected the archetypal level of the prison, to instrumentality to their cells.
Agitated by the direction, Azaruddin allegedly stabbed Abhinav successful the cervix with a sharpened portion of tile, causing injuries to his thorax and some hands, the FIR said.
The FIR further said that some Azaruddin and Manoj past assaulted Abhinav and attacked him with keys.
Another inmate attacked
When different inmate, Rejikumar, attempted to intervene, the duo allegedly attacked him arsenic well.
Other situation officials soon reached the spot, overpowered the accused, and rushed Abhinav and Rejikumar to the hospital.
The inmates were subsequently locked wrong their cells, officials said.
Based connected Abhinav’s complaint, the constabulary registered the lawsuit nether assorted sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including 109(1) (attempt to murder), 117(2) (causing grievous hurt), 118(1) (voluntarily causing wounded with unsafe weapons), 115(2) (intentionally causing hurt), 126(2) (wrongful restraint), 121(2) (voluntary infliction of grievous wounded connected a nationalist servant), 132 (assault connected a nationalist servant), and 296 (obscene acts)(for transgression acts committed by aggregate persons with communal intention).
Police officials said the accused's apprehension would beryllium formally recorded soon, aft which they would beryllium produced earlier the tribunal for remand proceedings.
The situation serviceman sustained superior injuries, but his information is presently stable, they added.
