Madhya Pradesh: 22 Prisoners Injured as Barrack Wall of 150-Years-Old Jail Collapses in Bhind, All Inmates shift to Central Jail Gwalior

BHOPAL /Twenty-two prisoners were injured after a dilapidated wall of a jail collapsed due to heavy rain on Saturday morning in Bhind district headquarters of Madhya Pradesh, out of them the condition of an inmate is critical.
Taking precautionary measures, the jail has been got vacated by the prison department from the immediate effect and the remaining inmates, 233 have been shifted into another gaol -the Central jail in Gwalior.

The incident was taken place after a wall of barrack number-6 of the jail caved in at 5.10 AM today.

“The seriously injured prisoner has been referred to Gwalior for further treatment. The rest of the injured inmates are undergoing treatment at the district hospital Bhind,” Inspector General of Police,” Sachin Atulkar told The Sun Today. “Altogether 255 inmates were inside the jail out of them, 65 prisoners were held in barrack no 6, whereof wall was collapsed due to a heavy rain but being the morning time when the incident was taken place, only 22 inmates were present in the barrack,” Atulkar also said.

Sources said that the jail administration had written to the Public Work Department for renovation work of Barrack number-2, 6, and 7 of the jail, as the seepage of rainwater was seen in these barracks.

“All remaining prisoners have been shifted into the Central jail Gwalior and an inquiry has been instituted into the incident,” Manoj Singh, the Superintendent of Police Bhind told The Sun Today. The SP also said that the jail building was quite old around 150 years and the wall may have collapsed as a result of incessant rains over the last three days.