Riot in Gujranwala Central Jail: 1 dead, 4 injured

GUJRANWALA: A riot in Gujranwala Central Jail broke out on Saturday, Express News reported.

One prisoner died and four others were injured.

The prisoner who was killed was hit several times by a metal rod on his head. The person who murdered his fellow inmate was previously accused of beheading his mother.

Prison situation in Pakistan

This is not the first time such an incident has taken place.

In May this year a prisoner Sarabjit Singh succumbed to his injuries after suffering torture at the hands of the prison inmates in Central Kot Lakhpat jail.

He was taken to Jinnah hospital, where he died after slipping into a coma.

The Pakistani government had maintained that he was an Indian spy, but Sarabjit’s family said he was a farmer who accidentally crossed the border into Pakistan while drunk.

Another prisoner Chamel Singh had died in Central Jail in April, amidst rumours that he was tortured. The Punjab prisons department, however, claimed that the rumours were part of a malicious propaganda and that the prisoner had only suffered a stroke.