Tihar Jail Prisoner Stabs Inmate To Death To Allegedly Avenge Sister’s Rape

New Delhi:

A prisoner in Delhi’s Tihar prison stabbed some other inmate to dying allegedly to avenge the rape of his sister six years in the past, police mentioned on Tuesday.

On Monday, 21-year-old Zakir stabbed Mohammad Mehtab (27), a resident of Nizamuddin, within Tihar prison quantity eight/nine.

Mehtab used to be stabbed more than one occasions, together with on his abdomen and neck, by way of a pointy steel object by way of Zakir at round 6 am, police mentioned.

Zakir, a resident of Delhi’s Dakshinpuri, used to be just lately shifted to prison eight from prison five.

The injuries on Mehtab’s neck have been deep and he used to be given first-aid within the prison dispensary. He used to be then taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Sanatorium the place docs pronounced him useless on arrival.

“All over investigation, it used to be discovered that Mehtab used to be an accused within the rape case of Zakir’s minor sister in 2014. The lady reportedly died by way of suicide later,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Deepak Purohit mentioned.

Zakir used to be just lately transferred to ward quantity four of prison quantity eight. Mehatab used to be already lodged in identical ward at the first flooring, police mentioned.

This switch used to be completed at the request of the accused as he had a struggle with different inmates in his earlier ward. He in search of a chance to take revenge from Mehtab, they mentioned.

When different inmates got here out for morning prayers on Monday at round 6 am, the accused went upstairs and stabbed Mehtab with a knife-like object, the Deputy Commissioner of Police mentioned.

A homicide case has been registered at Delhi’s Hari Nagar police station towards Zakir.

Mehtab used to be an accused in a rape case in Ambedkar Nagar in 2014 and has been in prison since then. Zakir, a homicide accused, has been in prison since 2018.