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As galore arsenic 31 inmates person been booked connected assorted charges, including rioting and arson, successful transportation with a clash wrong the Kapurthala Central Jail that near 3 injured, a elder constabulary authoritative said connected Monday (May 25, 2026).
Police had lobbed teargas shells and resorted to cane complaint aft inmates of Block-4 successful the situation clashed connected Saturday (May 23, 2026) night.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Kapurthala, Gaurav Toora, said 31 inmates person been booked connected the charges of rioting, arson, effort to murder, obstructing nationalist servants from performing their duties and transgression conspiracy.
They person besides been booked nether applicable sections of the Information Technology Act and the Prisons Act, helium said.
During the clash, the inmates tried to manhandle and scuffle with the officials. Some inmates adjacent acceptable thing connected occurrence extracurricular their barracks. They had reached the extortion of their barracks aft breaking a gross and an robust grill starring to the rooftop, according to police.
While 2 inmates were injured successful the clash, different sustained wounded aft helium was deed by a teargas shell, constabulary had said. No constabulary unit oregon jailhouse unit were injured successful the clash.
Police connected Sunday (May 24, 2026) seized robust rods, sticks and mobile phones from inmates who ran amok successful the jail.
Opposition parties person attacked the Bhagwant Mann authorities implicit the Kapurthala jailhouse incident, saying it has erstwhile again exposed the collapsing instrumentality and bid concern successful the State.
