At least seven prisoners were killed and 30 people including cops injured when prisoners of Central Jail Hyderabad fought with jail administration here on Tuesday. As per details, prisoners of Central Jail Hyderabad protested against insufficient facilities in the jail and fought with jail administration. Many inmates climbed up the roof of their barracks and raised slogans against jail staff.
Heavy contingents of police were summoned who fired teargas shells on rioting inmates. Infuriated prisoners pelted police with stones, injuring SHO Market police station Tariq Khanzada, gunmen of TPO Muhammad Ismail and DPO Muhammad Anwer. Meanwhile, relatives of prisoners staged a protest demo, blocking main road. Activists of various nationalist parties also took to streets in Qasimabad against the killing.