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Mentally-ill man killed by inmate in hospital lockup

By Our Correspondent
May 10, 2021

LAHORE:A mentally ill patient was killed by his inmate in a lockup in Punjab Institute of Mental Health Lahore on Sunday. The deceased, identified as Zubair, hailed from Gujranwala. He was admitted to the hospital a few months ago. He was asleep when his lockup inmate Jan Masih attacked him with a brick and killed him on the spot. Jan Masih was shifted to the psychiatric jail of the hospital. Police handed over the body to his heirs.