As many as nine inmates sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast at the Kupwara central jail in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, said the police on Wednesday.
Abu Salem is currently serving a life sentence in Taloja Jail, Mumbai, for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings and other cases. He was extradited from Portugal to India in 2005 and has been in Taloja Jail since then.
Chandrasekhar, who is in judicial custody in connection with the Rs 200 crore extortion case, had sought relief on the medical grounds that he had developed skin problems due to a high temperature.
The case, filed under Section 144 of the Pakistan Penal Code, accused the protesters of violating the law, resisting police, and damaging police uniforms.
Consequently, the accused have been remanded to judicial custody for a period of 14 days, with a directive to appear in court again on June 29, 2024. The investigating officer has been instructed to submit the challan within the stipulated timeframe.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been in jail for over a year, said that there is no point in negotiating with a government that lacks authority, The Nation reported.
The Russian Prosecutor General's office said Thursday it had approved the indictment, more than a year after Gershkovich was first detained. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
The arrested accused identified as Vijay, a resident of Memandpur, SAS Nagar, had facilitated the escape of Gangster Deepak Tinu in 2017. The arrested accused has a criminal background with several heinous crime cases registered against him in Punjab and Haryana.
"In a major breakthrough, Anti Gangster Task Force (#AGTF) has been successful in arresting Vijay, a resident of #Memandpur, SAS Nagar, an operative of jailed Gangster Deepak Tinu, an associate of Lawrence Bishnoi & Foreign-based Terrorist Goldy Brar Gang," the Punjab DGP said.