Gangster Navdeep Chatha attacked inside Bathinda Jail

Sukhmeet Bhasin
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, May 17

Two gangsters Rahul Sood and Ajay Kumar on Sunday attacked notorious gangster Navdeep Chatha in his high-security cell inside the Bathinda Central Jail.

Chatha was seriously injured in the attack and was taken to civil hospital, where a doctor seeing his condition shifted him to Faridkot Medical College for treatment.

Jail superintendent Manjit Singh said, “These three gangsters are lodged in high-security cells inside the Bathinda Jail. On Sunday morning, these three gangsters went back to their cells after breakfast. On reaching back, Chatha went to sleep, after which Rahul Sood and Ajay Kumar went inside his cell by breaking the window and attacked Chatha, who was sleeping.

Later, after hearing the voices, CRPF and security personnel deployed outside the cell rescued Chatha and immediately took him to the jail hospital for treatment, where after first aid, he was referred to the civil hospital.

Doctors who treated Chatha said it was a deadly attack as apart from fracture in two legs, his 7-8 bones in hands have also been broken.

Moreover, Chatha has also received injuries on his head as well due to which he has been referred to Faridkot Medical College for the treatment.

Cantt police station SHO Inspector Narinder Kumar said the injured gangster has not recorded his statement yet but police have registered a case against gangster Rahul Sood and Ajay Kumar on the complaint sent by jail superintendent.

He also stated that soon police would take them on production warrant and interrogate them about the reason behind the attack.

It is suspected that the reason behind the attack was old rivalry between them. It is also suspected that mobile phones have been seized from both the gangsters many times inside the jail and they had suspicion that Chatha gives the information to the security personnel about the phones inside the jail.

It is pertinent to mention that these three gangsters have been lodged in Bathinda Jail for notorious crimes.