While Jailer Suresh Chandra Mishra and Deputy Jailer Rajesh Rai were suspended, nine guards were transferred following the violence in the jail on May 17, official sources said here.
Angry over the death of an inmate apparently due to absence of medical aid, prisoners in the district jail attacked the staff injuring some of them on May 17.
Heated arguments ensued between the prisoners and the jail officials leading to violence in which some staffers were injured.