Deputy Inspector General of Police (Patiala range) Surinder Singh Saini said that nine inmates attacked four prisoners kept in a barrack when they were being shifted to a cell at 7 pm. He said the police were investigating the cause of the clash at the Sangrur jail.
The AAP government’s cabinet minister and Sunam MLA Aman Arora courted controversy while trying to absolve the state govt of any responsibility over the Sangrur incident.
Tensions were heightened following a clash between the police and the protesting farmers who were going to participate in a protest in Chandigarh against the Bhagwant Mann government.