Prisoner killed by another inmate in Adiala jail

RAWALPINDI: A prisoner held in the mental ward of the Adiala Jail killed another inmate and injured two others on Thursday, jail and police authorities said.

They said prisoner Ahsan used a water mug to take out a brick from the wall of Cell No 8 and attacked other prisoners in their sleep.  As a result, prisoners Ejaz Rabbani, Sheraz and Hamad Ali sustained injuries and were shifted to PIMS hospital in Islamabad where Ejaz later died.

The inspector general of prisons has ordered an inquiry after which the DIG prisons Rawalpindi launched an investigation.

It may be recalled that in December last year, four prisoners in the Adiala jail murdered another inmate by hanging.  They five prisoners, all aids patients, were kept in the aids ward. On the night of Dec 2 and 3, the four prisoners hanged the fifth in the ward.