A media release from the jail administration blamed the rioting on an alleged gang battle within the prison that purportedly snowballed into violence against the officials. “Members of gangs led by Koel Yadav and Govind Yadav attacked jailer Prem Sagar Shukla and deputy jailer Prabhakant,” the release said. “While the crime branch officer fled, the inmates caught hold of Pandey and four constables and thrashed them.”He mentioned the bad-food theory too. “However, some policemen posted in the jail told us the prisoners attacked the police during the morning count around 6.30am. The Opposition, which has been citing the rising murders and rapes to allege a collapse of law and order in the state, highlighted the prison violence as the clearest evidence of a failure of governance.

Source: The Telegraph October 12, 2019 00:56 UTC