Jailbird protest sees 25 inflict self-harm

As many as 25 inmates deliberately injured themselves at the Mandoli Jail in the national capital, official sources said yesterday.

According to sources, the incident happened at Jail No. 11 on Monday evening when two inmates — Danish and Anish — wanted to go out of their ward without any reason and were subsequently stopped by the policemen as there was an existing gang rivalry between inmates.

“This thing agitated them and they started causing harm to themselves and also asked others to do the same,” jail sources said.

The other inmates too then started injuring themselves by banging their heads on the walls and stabbing each other.