Son of Hizbul chief among 18 injured in Tihar jail scuffle

Syed Shahid Yusuf, the son of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, suffered injuries along with 17 other prisoners in a scuffle that took place over a week ago between Tihar jail inmates and security guards, leading the high court to set up a committee to investigate the matter, officials said on Thursday.

Tihar authorities on Wednesday sent a report to the Home Ministry on the incident.

In their report, the Tihar authorities said that Yusuf and other prisoners were injured after Tamil Nadu Police personnel intervened after one of their physically handicapped colleagues was assaulted by three inmates at Tihar's jail number 1 on the intervening night of November 21-22 during routine checking.

Yusuf is lodged in Tihar jail in connection with terror-funding cases.

The report also said that



some of the prisoners were rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for treatment and were being examined by a three- member AIIMS doctors' team.

On November 23, the high court set up a three-member committee for inspection of the prison and submitted its report, based on which, on November 27, the court passed directions to Tihar authorities.

The fact-finding team, headed by a district judge-rank officer, and a professor of the National Law University in Dwarka had been constituted to investigate the entire incident.

The Commandant of the Tamil Nadu Special Force battalion deployed in Tihar jail has also been asked to conduct a separate detailed probe into the incident and take appropriate action against anyone found negligent, a Home Ministry official said citing the Tihar report.