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Remand prisoner slashes throat in Repalle Sub-Jail
A remand prisoner, V. Srinivasa Rao, allegedly tried to end his life by slashing his throat with a vegetable-cutting knife in the kitchen of Repalle Sub-Jail on Wednesday. Rao was arrested on…
The Story in Brief
A remand prisoner, V. Srinivasa Rao, allegedly tried to end his life by slashing his throat with a vegetable-cutting knife in the kitchen of Repalle Sub-Jail on Wednesday. Rao was arrested on July 5 for the murder of an elderly woman and was in judicial custody. Jail staff found him bleeding and moved him to Repalle Government Hospital, then to Tenali and later Guntur hospitals as his condition worsened.
Police say Rao was distressed over not getting bail. His wife and son had visited him earlier. The Repalle Town police have registered a case and are investigating. Superintendent B. Umamaheswar said the murder case was a top priority and all bail petitions were contested in court.
The Indian Opinion
The jail kitchen should not have unsupervised access to knives, even for a remand prisoner. The police superintendent says bail was denied because the case was a priority, but that makes proper custody procedures even more critical. Whether the jail manual requires kitchen tools to be accounted for or locked is the concrete question here. The prisoner's condition and the investigation report will tell if this was a lapse in protocol or an isolated act.
Source: thehindu.com
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