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20-year-old prisoner beaten to death in Bihar jail

PATNA: An undertrial prisoner was beaten to death on Saturday in a clash between two groups of inmates in a jail here, prompting authorities to suspend two jail wardens.According to Beur jail officials, undertrial prisoner Chandan Kumar, 20, was beaten to death during the clash and a case of murder

By our correspondents
July 05, 2015
PATNA: An undertrial prisoner was beaten to death on Saturday in a clash between two groups of inmates in a jail here, prompting authorities to suspend two jail wardens.
According to Beur jail officials, undertrial prisoner Chandan Kumar, 20, was beaten to death during the clash and a case of murder was lodged against six inmates. Beur jail authorities started a probe into the incident.
“Two jail wardens were suspended on charges of negligence of duty that resulted into violent clash between two groups of inmates in the Beur central jail,” a jail official said.