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  Bihar: Undertrial prisoner found dead in Araria jail, family alleges torture, probe launched

  Bihar | April 19, 2025 19:31 IST

  A 46-year-old undertrial prisoner, Sohrab Khan, was found dead in Bihar's Araria jail under mysterious circumstances, with his family alleging custodial torture, while authorities launch an investigation.

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  Jharkhand: Prisoner allegedly beaten in police custody dies during treatment

  Jharkhand | March 23, 2025 23:04 IST

  25-year-old prisoner was undergoing treatment at Ranchi's Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) since March 7.

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  Syria: Missing US man found in Southern Damascus, says prison experience 'wasn't too bad'

  World | December 13, 2024 15:02 IST

  Timmerman, 29, said he had gone to Syria on a Christian pilgrimage and was not ill-treated while in Palestine Branch, a notorious detention facility operated by Syrian intelligence.

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  Germany orders 3 Iranian consulates to shut after Iranian-German prisoner is executed

  World | October 31, 2024 20:27 IST

  Sharmahd was one of several Iranian dissidents abroad in recent years either tricked or kidnapped back to Iran as Tehran began lashing out after the collapse of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers including Germany.

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  US: Biden, Harris welcome newly freed Americans after landmark prisoner swap with Russia | WATCH

  World | August 02, 2024 10:44 IST

  The newly freed Americans included US journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsa Kurmasheva, ex-Marine Paul Whelan and Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza. This is the largest prisoner swap with Russia since the Cold War that involved 24 prisoners, including eight from the Wets to Russia.

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  Delhi: 34-year-old prisoner, released on parole, shot dead in Jafrabad

  Crime | May 11, 2024 7:24 IST

  Delhi crime: DCP, Northeast, said that a police control room call regarding the incident was received at around 7.30 pm following which a police team reached the spot.

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  Ajmer: Head Constable injured in assault by two prisoners in jail, one attacker dead

  Crime | February 20, 2024 7:23 IST

  According to the police, a prisoner died and one police personnel got injured after two inmates attacked the security person.

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  Ecuador: 57 guards who were held hostage in prisons by criminal gang released after 24 hours

  World | September 02, 2023 10:59 IST

  Security analysts said the chain of events, which took place three weeks after the slaying of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was a “systematic and planned” attack that had shown the state was ineffective in preventing violence.

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  Not satisfied with quantity of mutton curry served, convict in Kerala prison attacks jailers | READ

  India | May 29, 2023 22:09 IST

  Kerala: A prisoner in a Kerala jail allegedly got agitated and manhandled jail officials, as he was not satisfied with the quantity of mutton curry, served to him in jail.

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  Taliban drug lord captured for 17 years by US released

  World | September 19, 2022 17:02 IST

  Bashir Noorzai, a Taliban drug lord, told reporters in Kabul on Monday that he spent 17 years and six months in the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, and that he was released in exchange with American Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran, who was held in Afghanistan.

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  Word 'terrorist' inscribed on back, alleges prisoner in Punjab, probe ordered

  India | November 04, 2021 16:02 IST

  The prisoner, who is facing life sentence in a murder case, has alleged that a word 'aatwadi' or terrorist is inscribed on his back.

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  Israel searches for 6 Palestinians after rare prison break

  World | September 07, 2021 11:18 IST

  Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called it a “grave incident” that required maximum effort by Israel’s various security branches.  

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  7 prisoners escape from Arunachal jail by throwing chilli powder at guards

  Crime | July 13, 2021 9:39 IST

  Seven undertrial prisoners (UTPs) escaped from a jail in Arunachal Pradesh by throwing chilli and pepper powder and salt at the guards manning the jail.

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  90-yr-old jail inmate chained to hospital bed in UP's Etah

  India | May 13, 2021 15:18 IST

  DG Jail Anand Kumar sought the order of suspension of the jail warder Ashok Yadav concerned with immediate effect, and also asked clarification from supervisory officer

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  Five prisoners escape from district jail in Chhattisgarh

  India | May 07, 2021 7:06 IST

  Five prisoners, including one facing trial for rape, escaped from a jail in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district on Thursday.

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  COVID positive prisoner flees hospital by dodging guards in Gwalior

  News | July 08, 2020 14:50 IST

  A prisoner of Gwalior Central Jail escaped from the hospital by dodging guard.

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  Prisoner escapes from MP's Bhind hospital

  News | June 08, 2020 8:24 IST

  A prisoner escaped from a district hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district on June 7.

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  Prisoner attacks policemen after he was denied home-cooked food

  India | February 29, 2020 12:47 IST

  A 26-year-old undertrial allegedly attacked a few members of the police escort party after they did not allow him to have home-cooked food brought by his family members at a court in Mumbai, an official said on Saturday.

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  Hyderabad cops books prisoner for attacking jail official

  India | October 22, 2019 18:26 IST

  Goli Rajesh, a prisoner convicted in a theft case was recently shifted to the prison from Warangal and he attacked Head Warden Satyanarayana.

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  Dubai-based Indian buys tickets to send prisoners home

  World | October 20, 2019 22:54 IST

  Earlier this year, Salaria installed over 60 hand pumps in a poverty-stricken district of Pakistan's Sindh province.