Saradha scuffle in Madan's prison

February 03, 2015 10:53

Minister Madan Mitra was subjected to Saradha-laced expletives by a group of inmates in an adjacent cell in Alipore jail this morning, prompting a scuffle between cellmates of the Trinamul leader and his tormentors, sources said.

Other inmates intervened and separated the two groups before they came to blows, the sources added.

Mitra later lodged a complaint with jail officials, mentioning the abuses hurled at him. "We are conducting an internal inquiry. No complaint has been lodged with police as the alleged offence is non-cognisable," said a jail official.

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