Nizamuddin, accused, is accompanied by the police after being treated on Thursday at the Government Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine in Udhagamandalam. Five prison employees were suspended to attack Nizamuddin. | Photo Credit: M. Satyamoorty
Six prison employees in Sub-Jail Gudalur were suspended after reportedly physically attacked the underlying cashier in prison in Nilgiris.
Sources said the attack victim identified as Nizamudeen, the resident of Padanthorai in Gudalur, accused of selling narcotic substances in Gudalur, was filed in prison when he was recently attacked by five prison employees, led to suffering injuries. The sources said the Nizamudeen family had approached the judiciary and the district administration that was looking for their intervention because they were afraid of its safety.
Then an investigation included in prison, which included officials from the income department and judge from the Gudalur court, which led to the suspension of six people identified as Gangadharan, Gudalur Sub-Jail’s representative of the Superintendent, Gobia and Gobia.
On Thursday it is said that the highest officials from the prison department Tamil Nadu carried out the inspection of subseys Gudalur, which is said to have talked to prisoners about the conditions in prison and their treatment. Despite the attempts to contact K. Jayabharathi, kick the prisoner (West Zone) by phone, was not available for commentary on the incident.
Nizamudeen was brought to Udhagamandalam Medical College and Hospital for treatment on Thursday.
Published – April 17, 2025 9:09
