3 prisoners die in Malir Jail riots

KARACHI - Three prisoners were killed and over a dozen injured as prisoners turned aggressive and resorted to rioting at District Malir Prison on Wednesday.

The violence erupted when the prisoners stood up against the jail administration and the administration resorted to aerial firing, killed two prisoners including Gulab Khan and Abdul Hayee, also injuring a number of others.

Sources said that Deputy Jail Superintendent Qamer Raza Zaidi and Chief Warden Hashmat were missing till filling of this report. The government money of around Rs 1 million present in the office of Raza Zaidi was also reportedly missing.

According to a jail source, the clash ensued between the jail administration and newly arrived prisoners over the torture. Sources said it was mandatory for the newly arrived prisoners to pay money to the jail administration otherwise they had to suffer in Ward No 13 and Barrack No 1 known as Karantin. The source described that convicted prisoners work for the administration and are known as Patail. Patails usually collect the money from the prisoners and make their life miserable until the newly arrived prisoners bring money from home and give them.