Bikaner,Rajasthan,Three prisoners including a notorious criminal were on Thursday killed and four others injured when a gang war broke out in Bikaner jail here. The officer added that jail superintendent Surendra Singh has been suspended.
One
of the criminal, Balbir Banuda, was shot dead by another jail inmate Jaiprakash
who opened fire at him by a country made revolver in a jail barrack,
Superintendent of Police Bikaner Santosh Chalke told Here.However, during the
firing by Jaiprakash, another hardcore criminal Anandpal Singh got injured, he
said.
"In
turn, Anandpal and other inmates thrashed and hit Jaiprakash and three others
with stones leaving him and Rampal dead on the spot," DIG Jail Bikaner
range Dalip Jakhar said.
He
said that two persons, including Anandpal Singh, were injured in firing and as
many prisoners sustained injuries in the stone pelting.Banuda was the member of
Anandpal Singh gang and involved in several cases of murder and other crimes.
They were also involved in illegal liquor trade.
"The
barracks are being searched for weapon, if any, and we are also identifying
other members of the rival gangs so that any further possible clash could be
prevented," Jakhar said.
Banuda,
who allegedly killed a Jat Mahasabha leader Gopal Phogawat in 2006, was
arrested in Jaipur in 2012.