3 inmates injured in a clash in Hajipur prison

Three inmates were today hurt, one of them seriously, during a clash among them at Hajipur Central Jail in Bihar's Vaishali district, an official said.
An argument over food turned into a brawl among some inmates who punched and kicked each other leaving three of them injured, Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Sumesh Bahadur said.
The injured inmates were taken to Sadar hospital where the attending doctors referred one Ramashish Rai to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) in view of his serious condition, he said.
Senior civil and police officials have rushed to Hajipur Central Jail to investigate the matter, Bahadur said.

The brawl among the inmates was said to be fall out of raid in the jail premises yesterday in which 20 mobile phones were seized from different cells, the SDO said.
Confirming the incident, Superintendent of Police Suresh Prasad Chaudhary said that a probe was on to find out the entire facts of the matter.