Life convict at Yerawada Prison attacked with nail, two undertrials booked

As per the FIR, the inmates were confined to their respective barracks around 6.30 pm as usual. Following a dispute over sleeping space, Rathod and Shaikh attacked Kapde with a nail 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 Yerawada Central Prison and is currently under treatment. Officials said that the doctors have given a report of serious injuries to Kapde. Police have booked Rathod and Shaikh under BNS sections pertaining to voluntarily causing hurt with dangerous weapons among other provisions.

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 suffered 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. Officials said that the attack was a fallout of a past rivalry. Last year, a CCTV network comprising over 812 cameras installed inside the Yerawada Central Prison became functional.