Jail superintendent was solely responsible for the riots in Coimbatore jail - Lawyers complain

The lawyers met the inmates who were seriously injured in a clash with the guards at Coimbatore central jail and are undergoing treatment at the hospital and enquired about their grievances.


Coimbatore: When they went to ask inmates about the jail riots, the policemen stood around and complained that they did not stop the inmates from speaking and that they had glasses and blades in their stomachs.

Last week, a scuffle broke out between inmates and guards at the Coimbatore Central Jail. The inmates and constables suffered serious injuries and were undergoing treatment at the Coimbatore Government Hospital after they were attacked alternately by the inmates and policemen.

The lawyers concerned personally visited the prisoners and enquired about their grievances. Later speaking to reporters, the lawyers said that when they went to ask the inmates about the riots in the jail, the policemen were standing around and preventing the inmates from speaking.

He named some of the policemen who said the inmates had told the lawyers about the riots in the jail. The lawyer said the prisoners had named Shivakumar, Rahul, Sadayan, Shah Jahan and some policemen.

The lawyer claimed that the inmates in the jail were attacked by the police in violation of human rights and that the seven inmates had glasses and blades inside their stomachs.

The lawyer accused the policemen of keeping the seven inmates in a separate jail and pouring water at night so that they do not sleep and not eating properly and not giving proper food and medical treatment.

The lawyer said a complaint has been lodged with the Human Rights Commission and a legal battle will be waged in this regard. He claimed that the policemen were breaking the hands and legs of the prisoners in the jail and making it impossible to eat.

As a result, the prisoners are at risk of dying. The lawyers have demanded that the Tamil Nadu government should intervene and take appropriate action against the officials concerned.

The jail superintendent was solely responsible for the riots in the jail. They accused the jail guards of treating lawyers like prisoners by asking them to shake their shoes and take off their shirts when they went to meet the inmates and listen to their grievances.

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