One lifeless after brawl erupts amongst inmates inside Delhi courtroom lockup

A brawl broke out between prisoners inside Delhi’s Saket courtroom lockup on Thursday (June 5), resulting in the loss of life of 1 inmate, officers claimed. The deceased has been recognized as Aman, who was lodged in Tihar jail quantity 8 with the 2 others who allegedly killed him.

Delhi police mentioned the brawl erupted when the three inmates had been dropped at the courtroom for proceedings.

“An incident of assault befell on fifth June in Kharja No 5 of Saket courtroom lockup. One Aman was dropped at the lock-up for manufacturing earlier than the Court docket,” Delhi police mentioned in a press release. When the incident occurred, there have been “plenty of undertrial prisoners (UTPs)” contained in the lockup, the officers claimed.

As per officers, one of many accused Jitender and Aman had been at odds since final yr when the latter allegedly assaulted the previous and his brother exterior the jail.

“Two UTPs Jitender and Jaidev assaulted the sufferer. Jitender and Aman had previous animosity between them resulting from an incident of assault that occurred in 2024 after they each had been exterior the jail. Aman allegedly assaulted Jitender and his brother with knife in that incident,” the assertion added.

Delhi police mentioned it had opened a probe, and an interrogation of the 2 inmates was underway. Preliminary report prompt Aman was strangled throughout the altercation contained in the lockup.