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A 52-YEAR-OLD inmate of the Yerawada Central Prison undergoing a life sentence was attacked with a nail by two undertrial inmates following a dispute over sleeping space in their barrack. The life convict sustained serious injuries on the neck and head and was admitted to Sassoon General Hospital.
The incident took place in barrack number 6 of circle number 3 of the Yerawada Central Prison on the night of September 7. An FIR was registered at Yerawada police station on Monday by a prison officer posted at Circle 3 in a supervisory role.
The injured inmate has been identified as Sanjay Bhikaji Kapde (52), who has been sentenced to life in a case of murder and armed robbery. Police have booked two undertrial inmates—Bharat Vishal Rathod and Mohammed Gulab Shaikh—on the charges of assaulting and grievously injuring Kapde.
According to the FIR, the inmates were confined to their respective barracks around 6.30pm as usual. Following a dispute over sleeping space, Rathod and Shaikh attacked Kapde with a nail, causing him injuries on his neck and on the head above the ear, and also punched him multiple times in the chest. Following the incident, Kapde was admitted to the ward for prison inmates at the Sassoon General Hospital and is currently under treatment. Officials said the doctors have submitted a report, stating Kapde has sustained serious injuries. Police have booked Rathod and Shaikh under sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita pertaining to voluntarily causing hurt with dangerous weapons.
In June last year, an undertrial inmate at the Yerawada Central Prison in Pune was attacked by three other undertrial inmates over a suspicion that he provided information about them to the members of a rival gang. In February last year, at least a dozen undertrial inmates at the Yerawada Central Prison attacked an on-duty jailer who sustained injuries to his face and a hand fracture. In December 2023, an undertrial inmate lodged at the Yerawada Central Prison was murdered by a group of four other undertrial inmates who fatally attacked him with a pair of scissors and a piece of metal hinge.Last year, CCTV surveillance comprising over 812 cameras installed inside the Yerawada Central Prison became functional.
