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Prisoners of Presidency Correctional Home attack cops, torch part of jail property n Kolkata

Police Said, Around 11-under Trial Prisoners, Who Were Being Shifted From Presidency Correctional Home To Hoogly Correctional Home, Attacked The Police Personnel On Duty In The Jail Campus.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Deepak Mahato | Updated on: 17 Jan 2018, 09:28:57 PM
Prisoners of Presidency Correctional Home attack cops, torch part of jail property n Kolkata (Source: ANI)

Kolkata:

Prisoners of Kolkata’s Presidency Correctional Home attacked West Bengal police personnel and tried to torch the jail campus while they were shifted to another jail on Wednesday.

Police said, around 11-under trial prisoners, who were being shifted from Presidency Correctional Home to Hoogly Correctional Home, attacked the police personnel on duty in the jail campus.

“In the attack few police personnel were injured,” said a jail official.

The prisoners after attacking the cops also tried to set the jail campus on fire. “A portion of jail gate was torched the prisoner,” added the officier.


 

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First Published : 17 Jan 2018, 09:28:37 PM

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